A month after our arrival, my friend Jini from Daegu came to visit us in Gwangju. She offered to take us out to Boseong Green Tea Fields in Boseong. Jini and her boyfriend picked us up from our apartment and drove about an hour to reach this place. She's only been there once and I'm not sure if her boyfriend's been there before. They used their GPS which looks like a video game, it's so detailed and colourful!
It was a really nice day and we parked in the lower parking lot and walked along the path to reach the entrance. Entrance fee is about 2,000 won each, pretty decent. We walked towards the fields and it is built upwards. It winds upwards so it's not that steep, but parts of it was still very steep. We saw a sign that said "ocean" and decided to follow it. I was excited because I thought we were by the ocean but the path kept going upwards?!? It turns out the path leads us to a look out point where we can see the ocean. So what happens when something goes up? It must come down, so we trekked back down. I felt bad for Jini because she was wearing heels. Good thing I decided to wear my runners. It was still very difficult.
The best part of the field was the green tea ice cream! I had the green tea ice cream while Neil, Jini and Jini's bf had the green tea yogurt. It was the best green tea ice cream I've ever had. It didn't have the chalky aftertaste I find with most green tea ice cream. If I could eat more, I would've eaten more and buy some home.
But instead, we went to look for some real lunch instead. We ended up at a samgupsal place where the meat and dishes were green-tea infused. It was so much food! But super delicious! Jini generously paid for our meal.
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