After a long week of midterms I finally got out of Seoul.
This weekend I visited Paju. Paju is a city to the south of Seoul which
resembles a quite suburb compared to the fast pace city life of Seoul.
One of my main stops was to the famous Heyri Art Village. Heyri is supposedly
well known as a melting pot for artists, musicians, and architects in the vicinity
of beautiful cafés and restaurants. Heyri
was pretty neat there were loads of museums, fancy modern architecture, unique
statues, and beautiful cafes. My two favorite places were the Chocolate Design
Gallery and the Bookhouse. The Chocolate Design Gallery had the most delicious
chocolate-fudge bars and their cookies were superb! The Bookhouse was pretty
neat because of the interior décor but after midterms the last thing I wanted
to do was eat in café full of books.
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| The Chocolate Design Gallery |
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| Chocolate Design Gallery Chocolate |
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| Inside the Bookhouse |
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| Inside the Bookhouse |
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| Paju Bridge |
The second main stop was the English Village. The English
Village is pretty much a language learning area where Korean’s can experience
and learn English. The village promotes English so you must use English at the
stores, shops, etc. It’s also mainly a language camp for students where
English-speaking teachers help Korean students become more proficient in
English.
To me the English Village seemed a little strange. The
outside resembled Stonehenge and the entry to the Village was a recreation of
an airplane terminal where you get your passport (ticket) and go through customs.
But the overall architectural layout of the village was really…different. It
seemed to resemble buildings from Shrek’s
farfaraway land. But nonetheless it was still pretty neat to see!
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| Stonehenge at the English Village? |
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| Gyeonggi English Village Paju Camp |
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