Annyeahaseyo! So, today started with Frosties for breakfast, that very traditional Korean cereal, another treat from the lovely family I am staying with. We had time for a quick Korean lesson, Hena the daughter of the family began to teach me the alphabet and a few more basic phrases. I can now read the days of the week! They then kindly gave me a lift to school today where I met Sun-A, Paul (CCE Manager in UK) and Sol (Korean Organiser APCIEU), we were given a thorough tour of the school and discovered an Art class being taught to parents!

We then observed a music lesson and had a very intriguing meeting with Mr Kim (principal) over more Iced coffee. Lunch today consisted of dried fish soup, spiced chicken and cheese, kimchee and plenty of rice! Paul and Sol departed for Seoul and I observed a boys PE lesson – dance! Each group created their traditional dance routine to Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’. They were fantastic and as a reward the whole class and I were treated to lolly ices (Scousers, I hope you are reading).

[SIC – I think you’ll find in Toon, and everywhere else, they’re called ice lollies – Ed.]

 

15:30 soon rolled round and myself, Sun-A and Suwhee (Art Teachera) went to Gwangju Gallery of Contemporary Art, which was very interesting indeed. Plenty to see and a diverse selection of some quite moving pieces – all generated from the 1980 civil conflict in South Korea.

As a final treat of the day, we had a traditional sit down Korean meal that must have consisted of 20 separate dishes, if not more. Truly delicious!

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