After starting this blog, I have to wonder two things: 'Am I crazy to be starting yet another blog?' and 'How long is this one going to last?'
I actually wanted to make this blog back in April or May, but the internet in Korea was being weird and refused to let me access blogger sites.
Anyway, back in March, when I attended orientation with the new EPIC teachers, I was talking a lot about different festivals. A friend called me 'the festival queen' and I thought it was a pretty good title. I wanted to make the blog then to post information about getting to different festivals as a resource for my new friends so they could also go to festivals. But like I said, I couldn't get blogger to work, and the idea died. However, last weekend, a Korean friend mentioned there were around 200 different festivals in Korea each year, but that he had only been to maybe 5. I said I was sure I had been to at least 50 and I named a few.
I did a tally just now, and I was wrong. I've only been to 19 festivals in Korea. That's extremely disappointing to me, for having been here nearly three years now. So I've decided to try and make it to at least 50 festivals! I'll be chronicling my travels here, posting information about how I got to each festival, the cost of travel/stay, as well as my thoughts and opinions on the festivals! First up will be the Yesan Apple Festival in a few weeks.
And for anyone interested, these are the 19 festivals I have attended (in no particular order):
1. Gongju Baekje Festival (공주 백제 축제)
2. Namwon Chunhyang Festival (남원 춘향 축제)
3. Jinju Lantern Festival (진주 남강 유등 축제)
4. Jindo Sea Road Festival
5. Yesan Story Festival
6. Eumseong Pumba Festival
7. Yeongdong Dried Persimmon Festival
8. Wonju Hanji Festival
9. Andong Mask Dance Festival
10. Boryeong Mud Festival
11. Hongseong Napo Cultural Festival
12. Busan Firework Festival
13. Busan Sand Festival
14. Pohang Firework Festival
15. Gyeryeong Military Culture Festival
16. Gwangyang Apricot Blossom Festival
17. Nonsan Strawberry Festival
18. Muju Firefly Festival
19. Dangjin Celadon Festival
