We took the subway to the end which was about an hour and then were just in time for a free shuttle to Korean Folk Village. The Youngstroms are such pros at getting around however, they said it hasn’t always been like that.
Korean Folk Village is like Plimoth Plantation or Historic Williamsburg.
People are dressed for the time period and show you what is was like back in the day. Upon arrival it was 1:00 so we had lunch. The only options were Korean food. 
I had beef with rice as did Diane, Kay had beef in a pot with no rice but I shared, Eric had a seafood pancake, and Jen had cold glass noodles. Then we were off to explore. We looked at totem poles 
and kimchi pots as we go to the shows. The first show was an equestrian show. It was crazy. There were four horses, 3 men riders, and 1 woman. They would take turns doing crazy acrobatic tricks on the horses while they were running full speed in a circle. 
It was amazing! (My videos are much better than these pics.) The only bad part was a huge student group had arrived. Their shirts said COME HOME. It was a bunch of Korean students from middle school to high school that lived anywhere but Korea. It was a two week program to bring them “home”. 
Most were polite but you always have a few obnoxious teenagers. It was nice to have a lot of translators close by if needed.The second show was a Korean marching band. They too were super cool!
My favorite were the guys with the ribbons attached to their hats.
Not only were they playing music, walking, but they were also moving their head to get the ribbon to twirl.
They played several numbers and did some neat formations.
The third show was the tightrope walker. He was an older man who would walk across the rope, and bounce off his crotch (ouch!) doing minimal tricks. 
I was hoping for flips but that was not the case. It was still cool though because it was up high and there were no mats to catch him. He was very focused because little kids would play in the sand almost directly under him and it didn’t faze him one bit.The last show was a traditional Korean wedding but we skipped that because it was all in Korean and we could see the traditional dress elsewhere. So we went walking. There was a cool stone bridge to cross. 
That lead us to a traditional playground where there were games
and
swings. It was so hot that we had slushies. They were cheap and delicious. We continued to walk around exploring a Confucian school,
farming equipment, houses,
and pottery making. The girls and Eric dyed a handkerchief using some roots or something. 
They turned out yellow and pink. We walked through a pottery museum where I enjoyed seeing all the kimchi pots and seeing how today special refrigerators are made. 
You need ‘em because the kimchi stinks! We also watched a man turn a lump of clay into a beautiful pot.
Then we explored the kilns and called it a day. 
For dinner we went to Mr. Pizza
because Eric had never had Bulgogi Pizza. 
It was yummy again! This time we also added garlic bread and chicken wings to our order.
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