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les-lunettes-du-lion · 8 months

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goatessb · 3 years

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JEONJU TRIP March 11 -13

Part 1. My history with coming to Jeonju; arrival; accommodation

The night before the intended trip, feeling xtremely tired, I didn’t pack deciding to sleep on the decision whether to go or not. But, I was up before 6 and I automatically started packing a few necessitites. I was going to go for a day, but just in case, I added another pair of underwear. I'm glad I did because I ended up staying a day longer.

So, Jeonju... I'd been there five times already. The first time as a part of the foreign audience invited by the Korean government for an international folklore festival. I came here with my friend C and CeeDee, our friend who procured us invitiations to this. We stayed at the most beautiful hanok, were wined and dined and taken to many museums and events. The second time I was here with again with C and another friend JS. He had a wedding to go to and C and I tagged along. This time we stayed at a cheap motel, but we had loads of fun except on the last day when JS got upset with us for not wanting to go to check out the campus of a local university. I mean, who does that? It wasn’t Oxford exactly. The third time I was here for a movie festival with my film producer/ distributor friend. I remember seeing an awesome Romanian movie and also remember sitting by the river and thinking that Jeonju was quite an uninspiring city - well, I don't think that anymore! The fourth time I came here with my then 17 year old niece. We stayed at a hanok in July. In the middle of the night the floor started heating to the point that we couldn’t step on it - and there was no one around to help us. We had to spend the night lying on a wooden platform in the yard, literally under the stars eventually starting to laughh hysterically at our bizzare predicament and not being able to stop till dawn. When the manager finallly arrived, he apologized profuselly and gave us their premium room filled with antique vases and beatiful wall hangings. The fifth time I was here with SH. We stayed at a modest old hanok/minbak and ate and drank at interesting and authentic local places that a regular tourist can never discover. SH is a native Korean speaker with excellent Naver skills so she alwasy discovers truly memorable places. It was bitterly cold but we still went hiking on Maisan and then visited an old-style market in a village at the foot of the mountain where the average age of the local population seemed to be about 70. I bought so much sugar-coated ginger from a halmoni with a sugar-coated tongue that it lasted me a year. But, I digress BIG TIME> So, here I am again, possibly for the last time. Alone. The ghosts of friends who’ve come here with me seem to whisper their memories and their presence is making me both happy and sad. In darker moments, I feel like everyone eventually leaves these shores and I am left to miss them and hold the fort. Ok, enough of sentimentality! What about Jeonju? And who is this dignified gentleman? Read on to find out!

Jeonju is the home town of the founders of Chosun Dynasty. The most historically significant place is here is the Gyeonggijeon shrine that hosts the only remaining portrait of the founding king Taejo of the Jeonju Lee clan. This is him in all his royal glory. I'll have a separate blog entry about the portrait and the shrine because I learned some really interesting tidbits about it as I joined the English speaking tour in which I was the only tourist.

To get to Jeonju, it takes just under three hours on a bus from Seoul's Central City Bus Terminal or about 1,5 hours on KTX. Both buses and trains run from early in the morning till late at night in about one hour intervals. I opted for the bus this time because the bus ride was not extremely long but it was half the price almost. I’ll be going on a lot of similar trips around Korea, hopefully, so occasionaly I’ll choose economy class. The first thing that I noticed upon arrival is that the spring was way more advanced here than in Seoul. A fireworks of pink and white apricot blossoms, daffodils, magnolias, camellias...

I had booked a hanok style (traditional Korean house) accommodation called 사랑루 /Sarangru that turned out to be a dreamy, quiet place with an inner courtyard adorned with blooming magnolia and camellia trees and a bamboo grove rustling in the back. Breakfast was included and it was served in a charming cafe next door. The owners were trying to show the brave face but I could see how much they were struggling because of the lack of visitors. The breakfast was delicious and healthy and very tastefully presented: a salad, fruit, eggs, toast, butter and jam, coffee, orange juice... It had been raining all night so the barely budding tree branches outside the window were covered in glistening pearls of rain. The second night I stayed at another hanok with a lovely name Happiness Full House, which sounds much better in Korean.

Some pics of Sarangru and the breakfast cafe. End of part 1

#koreatravel #hanok #jeonju

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constitueniken · 7 years

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This Life, Those Men, These Loves (Chapter 2)

Chapter 2

Those Men

ALPHA

I remember that I met Alpha around summer He was wearing plaid dark blue shirt He is such a brainstormer And he does know how to flirt

He refused to drink draft beer When we met in that fancy bar He said he likes the way I live up my career That is what interests him so far

He does not have the prettiest face But he has this courage that I never found before That is the thing I desire to embrace And why I want to see him more

He said he could make a new theory About why I and him are such a good pair He said it is not a sorcery Whilst his hand brushing my hair

I could see the mystery he hides behind his soul Things that he does not want me to know But I believe it is not a foul It is just something under the snow

Something that will appear After the spring comes and all the white lumps melt Until then he will hold me dear Until he tell things to me without being misspelt

It is such a bizzare thing that most of the times I think I know him Though in fact I probably do not recognise his way of thinking One at the time, he could be so grim Other time, he looked so happy and all his sadness was sinking

I found that I have fallen in love with Alpha And it tastes utterly sweet I want to spend my nights with him sitting on a sofa Conversing about the universe and remembering the time we were clasping our feet

I love Alpha more than he probably knows A fact which I decided to keep deep down inside my heart I admit I write my feelings toward him in so many rows But those words lay down peacefully in my mind and they will never be apart

I wish Alpha a very good life Even though I cannot be a part of it I have no intention whatsoever to strive Because we both know I will not fit

I cherish every moment I spend with him And Alpha shall not perish from my memories I shall no longer be grim For Alpha has coloured my life with his vagaries

BRAVO

It was winter, when the first time I saw his beautiful hazel eyes Bravo looked at me and he said he loves me suit I was wearing clothes that represent the colour of sunrise From that moment on, I know he owns a place in my heart, and there is nothing to moot

Sometimes I smiled when I remember what happened between Bravo and me He is a kid inside, with the most wittiest jokes Our story reached its acme After we spent the second winter with his folks

He is the craziest thing I have ever had The wildest love and passion For that I am always glad For that I learn how to have sympathy and compassion

I spent my times tending to Bravo at his weakest points And so did he, when I reached the chasm of my despair But we also almost broke each other's joints When we fought too hard because we were being so unfair

What I had with Bravo is an exceptional love It is so irresistible and poisonous It is murderous but smells so good, like a cigarette with clove It is utterly romantic yet precarious

I endured a lot of pain when he was by my side My sick mind, for some reason, fall for it I did not manage to open my logic and my eyes wide My flaming desire and uncontrollabe lust are really hard to defeat

It does not matter how many times we hurt each other When the shit hit the fan, we came back together No one in this Earth can bother No one can bother us, even though we have been through one pain after another

Bravo used to be my favourite thing to watch I could spend hours just staring at his eyes I would gaze upon his crotch I thought I could do that until I meet my demise

Now Bravo is not here anymore For he has a better life, just like Alpha does My thought still lays on him whenever I am standing on a shore Nature brings back memories, reminding me of who I was

I know I will always miss Bravo very much Although I might not want to admit it I shall keep in mind how it feels to have Bravo's touch Lingers on me like it is not going to quit

CHARLIE

I am certain it was spring, when I met Charlie His laughter is the first thing that caught my attention That, and his wonderful blue eyes that look pretty gnarly Yet it drove me to vent my affection

Charlie is a very beautiful man With a beatiful mind My eyes always want to stare at his face as long as they can Because I know such beauty is difficult to find

It was a brief encounter, how I met Charlie Nevertheless, it left a deep feeling in my heart I was not going to take it too seriously But I believe remembering him and the way he treats me is an art

We used to laugh about his pretty accent Since he comes from a country that speaks the roughest language I used to drown my nose in his hair just to smell his scent I think his perfumed pheromones lies in his lineage

Charlie is somewhere else now, apparently He, Alpha, and Bravo are somewhere under the protection of Mother Earth Living their peaceful yet interesting life, most likely Smiling and laughing and crying and jumping and making love, to make their lives worth

The exact same thing that I will do too Living my life to the fullest Carrying memories and love and loads of boo-boo And having nothing but the greatest

There goes the story of those men Three different people, now and then But I will love them forever Just like how these loves honour me with their endeavour