This weekend I paid a return visit to the Andong Folk Village which I hadnt visited since March of last year. Normally I do these trips independently with friends but this time I joined a bus tour. This was organized by Daegu Compass a monthly expat magazine and included other craft activities such as mask making and archery for an all inclusive price with lunch for 29,000w ($26)We first went to a country house near the folk village where we made our masks. Andon...

I have a trip planned for every weekend now well into May. This weekend started with the first one which is Andong, 90 mins north of Daegu. I had been to Andong before in October for the annual Mask Dance Festival (see earlier entry). Andong is famous not only for its annual mask festival, but also for the Andong Hahoe Village, which is a Unesco recognized site. This is a 600 year old folk village still maintained by members of the original family. It has even be...

so i have my first birthday in korea and the teachers decide to give me a 'surprise'. at lunch i was told by one of the teachers there was going to be a 'presentation' for my bday in the english room at 1.20. good job he told me as i was going to do some typing in the teachers room. then two teachers asked me what time they should come to my presentation? good job i knew what they were talking about. then they all come and give me a cake and some gifts which was ...