Down on the Farm

Last weekend the manager of our school, Mr. Kim, took us to his family farm near the small town of Geumsan, about an hour and a half out of Daejeon. Geumsan is famous for ginseng, and Manager Kim's family grows both rice and ginseng.

The view from the Kim house. The arches on the hill are pear trees.

It was nice to get out of the city and into the fresh mountain air. The Kims were so nice and fed us delicious food pretty much every hour, on the hour! We even had a "picnic" outside in front of the house.

Our picnic--we had bulgolgi chopchey (pork and noodle stirfry) and neverending side dishes. Manager Kim is the man with glasses in the front on the left.

Chickens!

In Korea, the farmhouses are clustered together in villages with the farms spreading out around the houses.


It was interesting to see how they farm in the mountains, although we only saw the gardens and some chickens and goats and not the actual fields. In spite of the differences, there were a lot of things that reminded me of home. I got a little homesick for a nice big family gathering. Some things don't change no matter where you go!