It’s a public holiday over here today and one of the
companies that helps with relocations, Coens, has organised a day trip around
the Geoje. Our first stop was Oedo (pronounced way-dough) Island, which is a 30
minute ferry ride away. The ferry trip in itself is spectacular as it meanders
through the cliffs and offers some amazing views. The captain also has a
running commentary pointing out all the sights along the way; it’s unfortunate
but understandable that it’s all in Korean as I would’ve loved to have known
what he was saying. I think the tour would be worthwhile doing again once we
know the language.
We arrive at Oedo and have one hour to explore the island
and meet back at the dock to get the ferry again. Oedo is quite literally
breathtaking. Not only because it’s steep to walk up and quite hard work but
also because of the gorgeous gardens and beautiful views. The island is fairly
big and with only one hour to see it we had to walk fast and stop for photos
very quickly. By the end of it I was exhausted and looking forward to the
seated 30 minute ferry ride home but it was well worth it. The gardens were so
beautifully manicured and put together and I loved the statues.
My favourite
painting is the Birth of Venus by Botticelli and they had a statue of her in
the main garden. It was beautiful. I could’ve spent hours relaxing in those
gardens. They had an ice cream vendor on site and I would’ve loved to have
bought a cone and sat myself down on the grass and enjoyed the view and the
sunshine. Next time we go to Oedo we’re going to spend the whole day
J
After our ferry ride back to Geoje we take a short bus
trip to pebble beach. The beach itself was very ordinary; I think Adrian and I
are spoilt and snobbish when it comes to beaches as not many can compare the
beautiful ones we take for granted back home. We actually didn’t even take any
photos there. Our final stop was the Geoje POW camp. It was good and I’m glad
we ticked it off the list but as everything was in Korean again we didn’t
really know what we were looking at.
It was interesting and sad all the same.
I think it’s safe to say that visiting Oedo was our
favourite part of the tour
and we’ll definitely be going there again.
Going to put my feet up now J
Write soon xx
Tonight we met up with Brent, Dave and Christine for dinner
at Seoga & Cook in Okpo. It’s been recommended by quite a few people and it’s
the one place that you have to book in advance or you won’t get a table. Adrian
and I picked Brent up on our way to Okpo and I might have (ok, I did!) say to
turn left instead of right and we ended up in some tiny village miles from
anywhere. In my defence it’s always nice to explore new areas J We got there in the
end, a few (ok, 15) minutes late. The food was incredible though and the restaurant
was really pretty. The only downside is that they didn’t have a dessert menu; I’m
finding that a lot over 
here actually L
Christine and I didn’t let that stop us though and after dinner
