If you live on Jeju, you either own a gamgyul farm or your friend does. There are so many gamgyul farms that are locally owned that I feel very confident in this assessment. Anyways, it is currently gamgyul season (gamgyul is a orange tangerine hybrid thing) which means the farms need help picking them fast enough. So my whole family (minus lazybones so-min) headed out to a family friends farm to help pick. The trees were so full it was hard to decide where exactly to cut but with the help of my family and some ajumma's we were flying through the orchard. It was a pretty chilly day with intermittent flurries but we were kept warm with the work. The farm also had a really pretty view of the ocean so whenever I would get sick of looking at trees I would look up and stare at the ocean. My favorite part was this miniature roller coaster we went on to get around at the farm. It was basically just a rail and a cart with an engine (and no rails) but it was so much fun! And the farthest you could have fallen was like two feet- it just made it easier to get around the trees and up the stepped incline that the trees were planted on. Oh and did I mention it turned out to be one of my student's parents farm? She and her sister (they're twins) were so cute and shy bc I am their teacher but its to be expected. It was a really fun day full of good food and family bonding. I don't know how i'm going to leave this family in July. It's gonna be terrible I can already tell.
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Author안녕! I'm Emmy and this is my blog detailing my life in Korea with Fulbright mainly through pictures. Feel free to contact me on my about page. TTFN Archives
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