The ICEV owner, Dr. Lee, sponsored a trip to a Potato Festival in his home town. It is in the country and is just beautiful. It was a very nice break from the “city life” in Incheon. We took a bus yesterday evening after Saturday classes. The bus ride was about three hours. When we arrived at about 10pm there was a full Korean barbecue spread waiting for us along with several townspeople…I think they were something like town councilmen. We stayed up all night playing cards and other assorted games, along with lots of beveraging. After we showered in the morning a few of us went on a hike up a nearby mountain, then we loaded up on the bus and went to the festival. The weather was perfect. We actually picked potatoes! I came home with about 20 lbs. Waaay to many potatoes, given that I really don’t eat them. I guess I’ll have to look up some potato recipes. Unfortunately, my camera battery died, so I only have pictures of the partying and merriment on Saturday night and no pictures of the actual potato festival or potato picking on Sunday.
