Right before the debacle involving no water in Gumi (in May), I went on a trip with a bunch of the young teachers from my school. We headed to Jirisan, the most famous mountain range in Korea. We hiked all day the first day (about 7 miles) and the landscape was really beautiful. All around were these step-like rice paddies that climbed up and down the mountains.
And after about half-way through the hike, what did we do? Drink makgeolli! It's like a hard fast rule in Korea: if you go hiking, you will drink alcohol!
That night we finished the day with some delicious grilled pork. Mmmmmm. After hiking all day there's nothing like grilled pork to warm the heart.
Unfortunately the next day it rained, and so we spent our time exploring some of the traditional folk villages that were around our area. And we also ate 파전 (scallion pancakes) and drank more makgeolli, b/c that's also what Koreans do when it rains.^^
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