The first weekend of October was the Daejeon Food & Wine
Festival. The first one was last year
and we attended that one as well. The
wine festival is…erm…dangerous, because you just have to pay the equivalent of
about $3 and the volunteers give you a wine glass. From there on out, you can just go around to
all the different booths sampling wines from all over the world. What’s more, there is a self-serve station
(this year, the self-serve station was expanded five-fold), which is where we
spent most of our time. Most all of my
friends went to the wine festival and – no surprise – we had an absolute blast. I became a little out of it around 8 p.m. and
decided to take the bus home (but not before stumbling around an art gallery
that was nearby where my friend, J Mo, was showing some of her work). I ended up going to sleep around 9 p.m. and
then waking up the next morning at 7 a.m.
I wasn’t hungover at all and felt like a 100 bucks! Great success!
After Daejeon Food & Wine Festival, October was a month
full of travel and activity. Not only
did I travel a lot, but I also took advantage of the random couple of holidays
at the beginning of month to hike the last two major mountains around Daejeon
(Maninsan and Gyejoksan). Now I feel
accomplished having climbed every major mountain around Daejeon! They are Gyeryongsan, Gyejoksan, Maninsan,
Gubongsan, Sikjangsan, Jangtaesan, and Bomunsan. Woo!
Gyejoksan is a particularly cool mountain to hike, because not only is
there a red clay path next to the regular dirt hiking trail (people often walk
barefoot in the red clay as it is believed it is good for one’s health), but
there is also an old fortress wall on top of the mountain with breathtaking
views.
Now,
on to the traveling...
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