This weekend I was invited on a weekend trip again by TheKoreaBlog with a group of other bloggers from Korea and Overseas. Originally the planned destination was going to be Ulleongdo and Dokdo Islands which is currently making headlines due to Japanese claims to the island. After lots of back and forth trying to co-ordinate the schedule with the other invited guests (who mostly weren't happy about the choice of Dokdo for political reasons) the organizers decided to switch to Jeonju on the west coast in case of storms which might have cancelled the sailing to the east coast islands of Ulleongdo and Dokdo. Invited were five overseas bloggers and people blogging from in Korea. The overseas bloggers were from Hamburg Germany, Mexico City, Jakarta Indonesia, and two Bloggers from London UK. Myself and a friend from Busan were the only internal bloggers from Korea. Two more friends from Seoul and Busan were invited but they were unable to attend. Another problem I have with these trips is they always start Friday morning but I have to work and travel in the evening after school finishes. This means I miss the events on Friday. I'm usually not too bothered so long as I can join the events for the rest of the weekend. The amount of things we did end up doing the whole three days would have been too tiring anyway. After leaving school on Friday I caught an evening bus to Jeonju where the group had already arrived in the afternoon. I had been to Jeonju when I first arrived in Korea in Aug/2010 and is filled with memories of dread. As part of the EPIK teaching program we have to attend a nine day orientation. Mine was at Jeonju University cooped up in the dorms with a roommate for nine days. Events started with breakfast at 8am and lasted till about 9pm with evening Korean classes. I had just arrived in Korea, was jetlagged, wanted to see my apartment and school, unpack, and just get away from the intense training. Part of the nine day training was a visit to the hanok village of traditional homes in the heart of Jeonju. This trip for the bloggers we were going to go there again. I thought that was going to be boring as I'd seen it before but this time exploring it in a smaller group (not twelve buses with 400 people) I got to appreciate it more and discover more that I hadnt on my first visit. After my three hour bus ride to Jeonju from Daegu I was met at the bus terminal and taken to the traditional Hanok Home where we were staying. After meeting the others and seeing my room some of them decided to go for a drink. As I hadnt really seen anything of the village today I decided to go with them for a walk. Also accompanying us for the weekend trip was a film crew. This had never happened before as normally they just come to the welcome ceremony in the office and leave but had never come with us for the entire duration of a trip. It was nice seeing all the wood homes and streets lit up at night. Some of them had been converted to coffee shops, nostalgia stores, and restaurants. Others guesthouses or private homes. The word "village" as actually misleading as its not a group of about a dozen homes. Its actually quite large and covers many city blocks. Walking to the restaurant I thought I'd be able to trace my way back when they went drinking but we made so many turns on the streets I decided it was safer to stay with them so I can find my way back. Even though they had eaten dinner before I arrived they ordered a set menu with the drinks. I had already eaten on the bus and didnt really want to eat a full meal at 10.30pm so just nibbled on some side dishes. After a while we headed back to our hanok home for our first nights rest.