A little bit of “Europe” in Korea?

July 2, 2007 in Entertainment, Things to do, Travel

So, I got this flyer in my friend’s Korean local newspaper today and it had a bunch of pictures of lambs on it, but the man behind them wasn’t your ordinary sheep herder.  He was Korean.  I took a closer look at the flyer and it looked like the green, lush fields from back home (Seattle).  The fields reminded me of what it would look like in potentially Switzerland or in Wisconsin.  However, then there were Korean signs saying “Herb Country” with little minature castles or structures that resembled them. 

I typed in the names in Korean on the flyer and searched around Naver.com (the Google of South Korea) for a bit, but only found blogs and a bunch of lodging websites probably near the area.  I couldn’t find the name of the area, but from what I can tell, it’s something like “Deh-gwan-ryung” or 대관령  in Korean.  The other place on the flyer was, like I mentioned already, “Herb Country Farm” (translated from Korean to English) or in Korean, 허브나라 농원. 

Anyway, I posted a couple of the links to the place in the Travel & Places to Visit links to the right, if you’re interested.  I’m hoping to make it up there at one point to get a good look.  I believe Japan has something similar to this with old fashioned windmills and if it’s in Japanese style, it’s probably pretty realistic as far as being a replica.  Interesting living in Korea at times…