So many festivals, so little time

I've been keeping pretty busy in the past month with going to lots of festivals all over Korea, so here are some pics from my adventures. 

First up was the coffee festival which was a bit misleading because there was very little coffee and lots of bakery items and cafe music so it was more of a cafe festival, but anyway...

We had to wake up at 5 am to go into Seoul to catch our bus to the festival. The bus ride roundtrip only cost about the equivalent of $5 so thanks Korean government. The festival itself was on the east coast of Korea, so it took about 3 hours to get there and 5 hours to get back. We didn't end up getting home until about 10:30, but it was a really fun day. 

Here's Seoul at 5 am.

A Starbucks in a traditional style Korean building.

A....bear? made entirely out of coffee.

Me and my coworker, Jadelle. Killing it. 

This "famous guy" showed up and a mob lost their mind for a solid 20 minutes. When he finally came out of the car, all he did was talk about coffee and then left. Idk who he was, but I'm judging him.

The outdoor festival.

Coffee art

The literal boonies of Korea. It was my first time out of the city in Korea though, so it was pretty cool.

The next day was another 5 am morning. This time, we were going to a traditional Korean cultural festival (think Renaissance fair but Korean style) and then to an apple winery 2 hours south of Seoul. 

Here is the view from the fortress the festival was in.

Ancient weapons.

WE ATE THIS. THIS IS OCTOPUS THAT IS STILL ALIVE AND WE ATE IT.

We were the only white people there and were therefore celebs until these Aryan children showed up and stole our thunder. Pictured below are people literally mobbing them to get pics and autographs.

The fortress.

Apple picking.

Winery tour.

We got to try homemade apple wine which was super sweet and homemade apple whisky which could put some hair on your chest.

More fortress pics. Here's me looking like I know how to shoot a bow & arrow.

We were walking around and these people stopped us and told us to take a pic. Not pictured is the old woman yelling at us from behind the camera for moving too much. 

Poncho #fashion since it was raining almost the entire 5 hours we were there.

Idk why this pic happened, but some random Korean girl stopped me and told me to put it on so I did what I was told. I think I look like 5, but when a Korean girl tells you to do something, you better do it.

Making apple pies. Not to brag, but mine was mediocre at best.

So these pics are little old, but this is the family that let me spend Chuseok with them. They were all so sweet and they made me a home cooked meal.

Selfies with mom.

The exact moment I thought that the selfie stick had malfunctioned when it in fact did not.