Wow, what a day. Myself and Suwhee (Art Teacher) went to Gwagju’s Creative Arts High School where I was pleasantly surprised to see an array of high quality Art, Music and Dance. The quality of all work and performances were brilliant, again every student showed a hard working and determined approach to their study – they are very independent in this sense. You will have to wait for the videos as I took far too many to email back to Jonny. Then, and I can only put this down to Korean culture again, I was given gifts by the 3 Art teachers, purely because I was visiting their school. I was offered a traditional Korean drawing inks, one teacher painted a typical Korean art landscape and the other handed me another original piece of his work. Which I was later told would be worth quite a bit of if he was selling them! I felt completely honoured and this can only be explained by the kindness and generosity Korean people have flooded me with over the last 3 weeks. Thank you.

It was then back to Unnam, just in time to watch their summer term dance festival (again, videos will follow). Students had rehearsed well practiced routines and executed them with enjoyment and skill. A nice way to end the summer term I thought, everyone was involved in cheering on performers and celebrating exam completion.

Sun-a, Suwhee and myself then drove 30 minutes north to the bamboo forest, another national park, and you can probably guess what was there. We had a walk through the bamboo, before rounding up in the local community art gallery. We stopped off after a busy day for some fried fish with plenty of side dishes at a local restaurant, arriving back in Gwagju ready for bed.

I can’t believe I only have 1 day left at Unnam Middle School, time has well and truly flown by!