the Kimchi Field Museum

Hola hola hola...

And so begins another week here in Seoul Land. I've got work to do here in the office no doubt, but I'm really feeling the Monday doldrums this afternoon so I thought this might be a nice break from the monotony of writing weekly reports.

This past week at school we went on a field trip to the infamous Kimchi Field Museum located in COEX mall. I'd been meaning to go see this on my own since I got here, since for sure plastic replicas of kimchi might be an interesting change from the dull museum norm of boring paintings and artifacts (sarcasm intended). In my opinion, it was actually quite small...not really up to par space-wise as a traditional museum in that it was more like a special exhibit than anything. The highlights included a hands-on section where you could touch & smell the different ingredients of kimchi and an interactive computer section where you could watch videos of various kimchi being made. At the end of the exhibit they even had some kimchi that we could try for ourselves, though I wasn't really feeling all that well that day so I decided to pass.

All in all, not a bad outing for the kids, though I think they were simply more grateful to be out of class then they were to be learning anything actually relevant about their national dish. In any case, I had fun...and isn't that what really matters? :)

the display of plastic kimchi

John, SeungMin, Daniel & Grace

the Rose B class & the teachers (including yours truly!)