Yesterday Wendy, Hayley and I went on an excursion to yeong dong, on the wine train. So basically you board the train at 9 am and by 9.30 you're tasting wine! There are 4 different wines on board the train, and then when you arrive at the winery there is a buffet lunch waiting, with 2 more wines to try. After this we had a tour of the cellar, and talk about the history of the 'Wine Korea' place, wine cellar, we were able to make our own wine cosmetics and have a wine footbath before heading off to Nangye Traditional Music Village to sample some Korean music and have a short lesson of our own. Then we boarded the train back to Seoul, drank some more wine on our journey home and were back in Seoul by 8.30pm.
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Wine Train. 9 am |
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There are only a couple of carriages for the actual wine train and the rest of the train is actually heading to Busan with ordinary passengers. |
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Hayley went the wrong way on the subway and nearly missed the train, she literally arrived 2 minutes before we pulled out of the station! |
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The carriage was decked out with fancy curtains and light fittings |
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Ready for tasting |
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Snacks! |
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First wine; Dry white |
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The epitome of sophistication |
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Wendy won a prize (Blackberry wine) |
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Organised fun on the train involved rock, paper scissors and putting stickers onto each others faces |
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and blowing up balloons |
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Lady birds everywhere for some reason...? |
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This actor commissioned his own wine for his Japanese fans and it was so popular the winery kept their own copy of it. Unfortunately it is no longer made |
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Wine beauty products |
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These barrels are imported from Napa Valley in the US at about £500 each. They can only be used once however so it really is a costly business! The wine stays in the barrels for a couple of years and then in the bottle a couple more before it is shipped out and sold. |
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Wine bath bombs |
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We made 2 each |
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Our feet are immersed in warm wine |
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Afterwards the bottom of my legs were dyed red! |
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Onto the traditional music village |
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and our drum lesson |
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Cherry blossoms! |
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One of the 3 greatest musical geniuses came from this town and he invented this instrument (?) for checking pitch and tuning. |
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Homeward bound snacks!
FYI: We did this tour through the 'Discover Korea' tour group, for more information join the facebook group here It cost 90,000 won. |
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