Hanji Happenings

An interesting evening sleeping in a Korean Traditional home … Typical Korean home with wood stacked underneath the narrow verandah and the stove under the floor, on the right , ready to be stoked On arrival at our accommodation and as I was suppose to be the honoured guest , I was assigned the bedroom that would have been for a high society male from the Joseon Dynasty. There was a small sitting room next to mine then another smaller room, probably for one of the servants to be close by in case the nobleman  wanted anything during the night.  My room was large and empty except for a small section on the floor in a corner of the room where there were tea and coffee making facilities, obviously a modern addition to this very traditional room. There were a couple of power points where I could charge my phone, iPad and  watch, but no Internet; all the same, I was pleased to have a few small concessions to my traditional Korean sleeping arrange...

Wow ! Wow ! Wow!   What a wonderful experience !! I've just returned from  2 weeks in Korea where I was invited to be involved in the filming of a 60 minute  ArTravel documentary for Arirang TV , an English broadcasting channel based in Korea and broadcast worldwide to give viewers a contemporary look at Korea. As I flew from Adelaide  to Seoul, I was excited but also a little unsure of what was going to be expected of me and the Hanji experiences they'd organized for my time in Korea. I knew I was going to be traveling around the country, it was going to be very interesting and would ultimately give me so much more knowledge about Hanji and its traditional roots .    I was met at the airport by the writer for this documentary, Jin Hee Lim  and my interpreter/manager 'Hayley' and they soon whisked me into Seoul and my Hotel for the next few days. After a short meeting I was pleased to get some sleep after my long fligh...