Incheon Pottery Village

The two pictures attached to this post were taken several weeks ago. It was an outing to the Pottery Village about an hour from Seoul. We were fortunate to have the services of Bev's driver for this outing. There were 4 of us....Peck is taking the picture...Bev to my left and Joanna to her's. Most of the vendors actually fabricate and fire the pottery right there. They also supply many of the local pottery shops....of course...we believe the prices were better going directly to the source! The funny thing about bargaining....they always seem to say "O, those prices are only for the Japanese...not you!"....I'm not so sure about that...but a pretty good sales technique. I found 2 really nice pieces and a Soju set for Chris' birthday. It was interesting watching them work with the pottery design and glazes. The traditional type of pottery is green in color...and called Celadon. www.metmuseum.org/explore/celadon/html/startpage.htm We could have stayed all day I believe! Between shopping we had a great Korean barbecue lunch with LOTS of garlic. I even assisted with manning the grill and cutting the meat with scissors. It was a traditional restaurant with floor seating (grab a little pillow). The Kimchee was really fresh and tasty. After eating we journeyed back to the village to complete our shopping. I found a few gifts and hope to return again before Christmas. We told Bev we might need to hijack a ride with her husband and his driver some morning....his office is in the same area as the Pottery Village!