There were frogs and lots of tadpoles in these miniature ponds.

Foliage and flowers surrounded the grounds.  It made me feel like I was walking through a botanical garden.

Other than the plants, these mini statues with Santa hats were my favorite.  I wonder how often their hats get changed.

The temple is definitely worth a stop by if you have time.  I had a field day taking pictures of the water lotuses.  More pictures from the temple can be seen here.

[Sunflower House Pension: our room was 70,000 won for two people, and each additional person was 10,000 won, with a maximum of four people. It was really nice with a great patio area. We stayed in the Dandelion Room.]

All pictures can be viewed in my Flickr album.

The next day, we woke up and went to the tea fields, even though it was a little rainy. The walk up to the plantation itself was really beautiful. It’s not often I see fern in Korea.

We were there for only half an hour before it started to pour, so we had to end our trip early. As I’ve read from others, and experienced for myself, the fields are more picturesque when it’s a little misty/rainy.

By this time, we had to change pensions because there was already a reservation for our room on Saturday. We found another nice place near the ocean, for only 50,000 won. There was nobody else in the other three units, so we had the place to ourselves.

Of course, we had to barbecue and roast marshmallows.

At one point, the pension owner came and chatted with us. Actually, it was more like us listening as he talked… A LOT. He even brought out his accordion and keyboard. After he finished playing, he shoved the accordion in my hands and suggested I play something. The first thing that came to my mind was, “Tell Me” by the Wondergirls. Really! Well, I attempted to play for about five seconds.