The foreigners of Gwangju are lucky enough to enjoy a center that is dedicated to the international community here. One of the activities sponsored by this organization is the International Community Day. It is mostly a food festival that also showcases talents from the many countries represented. We were also participating in the festivities by donating three sample sets of cupcakes to the Sungbin booth for a raffle. It was really being involved but even more fun eating all the amazing food..
Once we dropped off the cupcakes I was starving (because I am pregnant, so I am starving all the time) and we set off in search for food. It was so hard to choose, but since I am pregnant and have a neverending appetite, a food festival is heaven for me because I can just eat all day! We started with Kenya. I recently had Ethiopian food while in Germany and was eager to try more African food. We had Githeri (a sort of beef stew) and a flat bread that came with it. It was by far the tastiest country of the day!
By the time we were ordering our food it was time for our friends, Jason and Emily, to perform on the talent stage so we hopped on over to watch/hold their camera steady for them during their performance. I enjoyed a personal shout out in a song that should probably win award for most awkward mention in a song: not wanting to go the sauna because you have to be naked lol.
After their performance we hung out for a bit and I decided it was time to see the world. After traveling to Kenya, we went to Japan for some kebabs. I have already forgotten what it was called but it was delicious. Ironically, the line for Japan was very long and full of Koreans. (They don't really like each other much on account of the occupations and such) After Japan, we went to "Canada" which really represented the U.S. as well :) We did not eat anything because we can get that stuff all the time at the First Alleyway :D After that we watched a kid totally eat it playing on some stepping stones in a fountain, which was really awesome. Then we traveled to Spain for some paella, Malaysia for a giant pile of the world's spiciest food. It was rice, chicken curry, some kind of chili, an egg, something with coconut, and a few other things. I could only take a bite because my body cannot tolerate things that spicy these days. We ended our food experience with India by enjoying some Biryani and curry.
The end of the day for us was celebrated with the coolest drum performance I have seen in Korea, and that is saying something because they are usually awesome. These people had so much swagger and confidence which is unique here. They also set their drum sticks on fire while playing and played a track of metal guitar in the background. It was the closet to metal music Justin has gotten since he got here so he was a very happy camper.
We decided at the end of the performance we were satisfied with the day and went home to get ready for a night of Halloween shenanigans with Jason and Emily. It turned out to be an awesome day :)
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