F1 Korean Grand Prix 2012 and Arounds

F1 Grand Prix this year is held at the international circuit located at Yeongam city. It is actually really far from the capital city which is 4-5 hours trip by bus. I went there with the other K-Performance Supporters that were really excited about this. I also put a lot of expectation on this, but maybe I put too much. 
We got two days tickets. The first day was to see the preliminary race and I just saw on the brochure that they had drivers fans sign time. We totally missed that! And then we went to some breakwater place which was apparently unavailable due to some construction. We ended up hanging out in some kind of square in Mokpo city. It was kind of fun because there was some performance from European countries. The great thing of the day was to eat seafood!
The second day was the final race. It was 55 laps and the winner is Sebastian Vettel from Red Bull team. But before watching the race we had a brief visit to Dr. Wang-in Historical Site. I do not really know about this place, but I will find out and get back to that.

To be frankly, I think my friends were right when they said watching F1 from television is way better than watching it live. We can only see it in a glance a.k.a we can only see it when they pass the track in front of us, and it only lasted for only what? 2 seconds each car? There was actually a screen, but not big enough to see it clearly. There were opening ceremony and performances, but we had no idea what was going on since our seat is so far away from the seat near the start line. Nevertheless, being able to see it in reality was an amazing chance. Being said it was not really excited, but it was a rare chance and I felt somehow lucky.

Putting aside all F1 related things, I would like to share my homestay experience. Just like when I visited Yeosu Expo 2012, we did not sleep in a fancy hotel. I had this opportunity again to sleep in Korean's house. This time was different, though. His name was Choi Jaeshin and he lives with his wife. He owns this house in a village and he has a garden full of persimmons trees, apple trees, ducks, chickens, and a little dog.

The room is really traditional Korean style. We slept on the floor with only blankets and it has floor heating system. The air is really fresh and the view is green. It was a really stress-less life. We also had a very delicious breakfast and many gifts such as candies, spam, tuna, and a bag full of persimmons. But more than all of them, we got their hospitality. They even invited us to go there again if we do not have anything to do on holiday. It was a great experience and I can't thank them enough.
Thanks once again to KTO for giving us another experience. It is priceless.

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