After a bit of a walk round we went to the Traditional Culture Contents museum and, for the whole hour were the only visitors. The curator took us straight to an area where he put me on a dais and I had to put a mask on and dance! It was filmed and scored too!
In the evening we ate at the local market - Martin had a hotteok which is a thick pancake stuffed with all sorts. I played safe and had a Korean hotdog (frankfurter type sausage covered in a potato batter). The stall holder indicated the ketchup and a box of sugar....I opted for the ketchup but a Korean girl who ordered the same rolled her hotdog in the sugar and then squirted ketchup on it too.....yuck!
The following day we tried and failed to find a cafe open for breakfast. We set out for a walk along the river on a purpose built raised footpath. A few kilometers south of the river there were many tower blocks of apartments which explains how the designer shops survive in the old town. All day we heard military jets overhead - presumably part of the massive US, South Korea training exercise currently taking place.
We visited a folk village and a dam where there was an exhibition put on by S Korea's water provider.
Good job we just had to follow the river;
Lunch spot;
Shortage of water;
A variation on love locks - these had messages in a bottle;
I admit we did muck about a bit with the interactive screen at the water exhibition;
We have had plenty of stares and double takes as, since leaving Seoul we have been the only westerners. As we ate our dinner in the evening a teenager looked and looked again. He approached our table then veered away then came up to Martin. He asked if he was Liam Neeson! Martin said yes we are filming Taken 4 up at the dam! We all had a bit of a laugh and he acted out a bit of dialogue from a Neeson film then apologised for asking and shook Martin's hand.
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