Yeoju Ceramics Festival

It's getting to be a really busy time of year here in Korea, all sorts of festivals going on, and since we haven't been to any yet, we're going to try to hit a lot of them this year.  We hit the road and headed over to Yeoju where there is a ceramics village that has been having a festival for the last couple of weeks.

This is ginger candy that is sooooo yummy!  The man working there offered us a sample, and then we bought some, and then we went back for some more before we left.  It is just a big glob of sticky yumminess, and they shave off portions using a wood plane. 

They also had potters there who were helping people make their own ceramic items. 

Now that's some deep concentration!

Grace made a vase 

And Tristan made a bowl

They were then able to decorate them

They had lots and lots of beautiful ceramic items, many of which I would've loved to take home with me, but I settled on some lunch sized square plates for a little less than $3 a piece.  And what do you know - I didn't take any pictures of them!

These were some of my favorites

They also had ceramics for the kids to paint, and they would fire them while you waited.

While we waited for the kids' plates to be fired, we had dinner

I just love that my kids are proficient at using chopsticks!

Potty break!

Then it was time to let the kiddos run around while David and I made sure there wasn't anything in any of the little shops that we couldn't live without.

The beautiful sunset as we were heading home.

Their final products