Central Hotel, Suwon
1-2 Gyo-dong, Paldal-gu Suwon, 441-130, Korea Rep.
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Hwaseong, kalbi, and throwing ice [beer] mugs
I claimed the weekend as mine to "host", so a few of my eapsi friends traveled to Suwon to visit (and experience all that lovely Suwon has to offer). First on our list of things to do was to check out Hwaseong Fortress, which I'd been patiently waiting to do for weeks. Hwaseong Fortress is a wall surrounding the center of Suwon, that was built in …
Everland baby!
After finally putting down my backpack and having a good sleep I work early to take advantage of Central hotel's complementary buffet breakfast...consisiting of kimchi and sweetcorn and salad...very odd. So having got myself a coffee from the starbucks around the corner I set off towards the Paldalmun and Unesco-listed fortress that Suwon is famous …
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Fun with Folks
... and they looked far more coordinated than me, so I opted to cross at another less slippery looking bridge.
Once on the other side I avoided the amusement park (somehow I don't think they had neon Ferris wheels during the Joseon dynasty) and toured the sculpture garden. It was located on a hill and had several interesting stone sculptures. One in particular appeared to be of a man with fangs. Maybe there were vampires in 18th century ...
Lost in translation
... any of my examples are funny enough to make engrish's cut, so I decided to share them here instead.
Beer Bank (near Hwaseong Fortress)- We'd like to make a withdrawal, please.
Coffee and Peanuts (at Home Plus) - I was so intrigued as to how they managed to get coffee into the peanuts, I purchased a bag and tried them. Oh, you meant toffee covered peanuts, got it. (Still yummy, if not nearly as exotic.)
Old lady clothes (Suwon Galleria) - I'm ...
Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival
... little disturbing. I also noticed more than one elderly woman leaning on a babyless-stroller weighed down in front with a brick, effectively using it as a make-shift walker.
We watched King Jeongjo's welcome reenactment performance, complete with dueling dancers, dread-locked Korean drummers, ninjas, horses and soldiers. Once the performance was complete, we decided to watch the parade from the top of the main gate ((My husband ...



