Day 2 Icheon pottery lesson and Folk village

Touring started this day, I skipped breakfast coz I don’t wanna eat alone in the restaurant, anyways I’ve already brought my beloved Nesquik from home, so a glass of cold milk with Nesquik is my everyday breakfast (even at home) <3. I also made sure to eat 1 piece of chocolate on the bus specially if it takes a long time to reach our destination. Dietary stuff aside lol, we headed to Icheon pottery village.

The picture below was taken on the bus, I’m wearing the necklace my fiance gave me, I sent him the pic instantly at that time, but now as I write this blog, he’s no longer around anymore, so it’s breaking my heart.

We went to a place where they taught us how to create pottery, in the beginning I didn’t wanna touch clay coz I hate that stuff, but then I realized that we can make any shape we want & even carve any words on it, only coz of that I decided to participate, I made mine into a heart-shaped ash tray for my fiance (he’s a smoker), I even carved both our names on it *Sighs*.

Our teacher explains the pottery-making process in Korean and our guide translates it into English.

Oh and all the girls lined up to take a photo with our teacher lol, since he looked like all these K-Drama actors, however, I was courageous enough to tell him that he’s handsome.

Then we headed to a place called Folk village, it’s a big place with lots of shops, events, rides and food. As soon as we reached there, the girls went to a restaurant, since I’m alone & I don’t know anyone to sit with (my roommate has her own friends), I decided not to eat at that restaurant, I walked outside instead, taking pictures and exploring.

I bought a cheese bread thingy from a food stand, it was delicious <3 , the cheese was melting & the bread was kind of sugary. Communication was difficult coz Koreans don’t speak English but I managed somehow, I also bought ice cream.

Later on, I met up with our guide and the people in charge of our trip. As I was walking, our Korean guide asked (how old are you?), then she asked (do you have a boyfriend?), I showed her my phone’s wallpaper which was a photo of me and him together, this conversation made me very happy, I was telling her about my fiance & how much I loved him. The irony, he broke my heart two months after Korea’s trip.

There was a traditional Korean event, we sat and watched but it was all in Korean, so we didn’t understand a thing and took off in the middle of it .

We noticed a big shop for Korean traditional souvenirs like traditional Korean wallets, key chains, pens, fans, t-shirts, books, toys etc, I bought myself and my fiance the same stuff, mine = a hanbok Korean girl, his = a hanbok Korean man, Oh & I bought my mom a traditional wallet. When I returned home, my fiance already planned on ending things, he refused to even take these souvenirs *Sighs*.

On our way out, I bought weird potato chips on Chili Pepper, Weeds and Burdock, I didn’t even know what Burdock is, also some weird traditional Korean sweets, I keep buying unknown food lol, however I saved them for home (haven’t opened them in Korea).

Cat-ear headbands were very popular, every Korean girl has it, so I got myself one as well.

Last stop was Nanta performance. I was so tired after visiting 2 places prior to this one, when I sat for this show, I was like *Uhhh* however, I started clapping & laughing automatically engaging with it. A musical show about a bunch of chefs cooking & using kitchen equipment like spoons to play big drums, along with singing & screaming, it was also mixed with comedy scenes & throwing plates around lol. In the end, the master chef got us (the audience) involved by separating us into two sides, he kept saying (Punch) in a very funny way, then asked each side to clap, the 2 sides kept clapping together driving him crazy lol, he made us start all over each time we made a mistake, this happened over 7 times lol, anyways the show was worth it.

I can’t recall what I ate at night, I guess a piece of chocolate or biscuit, I know my dietary system is messed up but I was trying to lose weight even in Korea.