We (the teachers of Avalon) were informed on Wednesday that we would be having a "Teacher's Survival Day" on Saturday. We weren't given much information besides the date and time and what to wear which were Saturday, from 9am-9pm, and to wear athletic gear. Saturday rolled around and all of the teachers met at Avalon and boarded a bus on our way to Muju Mountain. We were spoiled with as much food and drink (non alcoholic at this point) as we'd like. On the bus we drew numbers to see who would be on team A and who would be on team B. I was on team A. We arrived at the mountain around 11am and within 15 minutes of getting off the bus we were directed over to a massive pile of camouflage clothing with a red stripe on some jackets and a blue stripe on the others. After everyone was fully clothed in their camo gear we then realized what we were going to do......PAINTBALL!!! We played 3 games of red team versus blue team and had a blast! After paint ball was finished we took a short break to eat some lunch and were then told that we would be riding 4 wheelers through the mountain! This was the part that I loved! We split into 2 different groups; those who wanted to just ride along and take in the scenery and then those of US who wanted to fly as fast as we could down hills, through water, and around the tracks. I had so much fun that I had to do it again with a second group. After all of this we settled down and everyone was given a huge feast consisting of a whole slow roasted pig, kimchi (of course), side items, beer, and Soju. During dinner we had a karaoke competition amongst the teachers and I luckily won 20,000 Won for my "talent".
Sunday was an unbelievable day as well. Myself and 2 of my friends decided to wake up early around 10am (considering we were exhausted from the day before 10am is early) and head to Seoul for the 2009 Hi Seoul Friendship Festival. I wasn't entirely sure what it was all about but when we arrived we saw it was pretty much like a food and wine festival from countries all around the world. I immediately headed from booth to booth eating whatever I saw. One of my favorite things was a fried potato and pea pie with a spicy sauce from Chile. Of course there was a Mexican booth and I had some awesome tacos. There were different presentations of dances and musicals from all of the countries throughout the day as well. I certainly didn't have the opportunity to take in all of Seoul but the festival was amazing and you can see a lot of what happened in the videos.
I hope you enjoy!!! The 2nd and 3rd video's are a little long but they're worth it :)
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