Lunch

     I sometimes took pictures as a kind of note. The first picture was taken as a record of the route that our bus took. It looked like our bus took a different route from the route up to Panmunjom. As you can see from the signboard in the picture, we came here along the Jayuro road, but our driver took a straight route at the next crossroads. Finally our bus stopped at a small, lonely village. It was the restaurant for today's lunch. The signboard in the second picture at the parking lot said that this was a beef restaurant. Eri sat on the floor in a Korean formal way with one leg upright, though it was a horribly rude way in Japan, but it was ok because we were in Korea. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. However, to tell the truth, I was embarassed to wonder if the lady at the left of Eri might think how rude she was. In Japan, we never arrange the chopsticks and spoon longitudinally, but it was formal in Korea as you can see in the picture. We, Japanese usually think that it's bad manners to leave served food uneaten, but this was also the opposite in Korea. They never stopped serving till I asked them to. We tried to eat them up so as not to make leftovers, and they continued to serve many helpings to make us feel full enough. We enjoyed the lunch. It was delicious. We looked like quick-eaters and were given 30 minutes until the departure and went out for a walk. It was a comfortable walk and I'll write about it in the next entry.

(Vocabulary)
lonely   寂れた　人里離れた