We recently visited Andong to make a video for Andong Tourism. We had never been as a family to Andong so it was nice to get out of Seoul for 2 days. Korea has no lockdowns or travel restrictions within the country. The three places we saw were absolutely beautiful and I’d love to go back in the future to explore more. Yul also enjoyed everywhere we went and it made me happy to see him enjoying nature and historical sites.
We also stayed in Hanok accommodation and you can see our tour of it in this video. We didn’t want to stay at a motel or hotel because there may be a lot of people, so this accommodation ended up being perfect . There was also a secret room!
You may have noticed there have been less vlogs up lately. That has been because I’ve been sick and there really hasn’t been much to vlog about! It’s been cold and we’ve just been inside doing the same things. When it’s warmer I can go ride my bike or go for a walk and talk to the camera, but haven’t been able to do that lately. I am going to put some different types of videos up on the Nicholalala YouTube channel. For example, some people have wanted me to talk about different books I’ve read and stuff like that. So that channel is likely to evolve into more than just a vlogging channel. You may have noticed that both the vlogging channel and new webtoon series is called Nicholalala. That’s on purpose to create a name and brand that is different to our My Korean Husband brand so we can expand more and do stuff that doesn’t always fit under the MKH banner.
In the latest vlog we show you some buildings that were once a Confucian school over in a neighbouring village. It was cool to look through pottery pieces but I wish I knew more to identify them. Something I find frustrating in Korea, to do with heritage stuff, is that often the signs will give a really old date for a building but it was actually rebuilt recently so some buildings may not be that old at all. I find in Australia they are more explicit about what bit is old and what bit is rebuilt than in Korea and I feel like the laws to do with heritage are stricter in Australia. In Korea it can be disappointing to read a sign saying something is 500 years old and then in the footnote it’s like “rebuilt in 1970”. Well then it’s not old at all! When I go to a heritage site I want to touch the stone and wood touched by people centuries ago and know that I’m looking at what they looked at. Unfortunately Korea lost a lot of old buildings during the Japanese occupation. I think I’ve heard that actual history professors in Korea complain about the way heritage buildings are approached by the government in Korea, but not sure. Let me know if you know more about this.
We had a really nice day today and managed to find some time to have a nice double date with some friends (a couple that matchmaker Hugh put together actually). We drove up into the mountains to this hanok (traditional style Korean house) which is also a cafe. Seriously a scene in a drama needs to be filmed here.
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