Bonjour!!!

Bonjour! Yes...Ms. Park was baby-sitting three kids in a France village. 

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Freya...in front of a make-belief France village....of course. 

Great autumn outing for the kids. 

Razqa: please stop picking up your nose...!! 

Oh, please Rasqa. Anyway...Freya and Eyra were ready to pose. 

now it's my turn...

The misty hills seen from the highest spot at Petite France. 

Petite France Revisited (part 2)

I won't say much about this. Let the pictures do the talking.^^ 

 

 

 more antiques I couldn't resist ....not to take pictures of.

 

 

 

 

Tour buses parked outside the village. Gosh.........there are lots of foreigners coming & visiting this little France --which as I said earlier...was due to the power of K-Drama..which lured them to come and take the taste of what Korea is. 

 

One giant picture showing the prowess of K-Drama's shooting location to lure tourists.

I hope you got a great day, Viska.^^

Petite France Revisited (part 1)

April 4, 2014:

Petite France is famous for its antiquities The first antique I saw was the one I haven't seen for years...--> this old and red scale. The last time I saw this was when I was in my high school days.:) 

The last time I was here was back in 2011. Nothing much changed except its entrance--which was completely different. And oh, yes..the paint seemed to be so new now...and the surroundings are more naturally blended into the houses.

New attractions are added like this one.

And what drove people to this place was nothing more than a mere infatuation that this so-called Petite France has been used as shooting locations for K-Drama, notably: Secret Garden & the latest installment of "You Who Are from The Star" 별에서 온 그대.

Spring really welcomed us that day. 

Viska, my friend with whom I visited the place, was more than relieved to be--at least--able to visit the place--finally...though for an hour to take some shots of the place. 

I also loved taking pictures of the plates attached on the wall. They are the quintessential portrayals of what France may have looked like..in the past. (I could be wrong) since I've never been there myself ㅋㅋㅋ

Thanks to these plates...쁘띠 프랑스는 찐짜 예뻐 보인다.  

Singer sewing machine: another antiquities that I found it eye-catching amidst the endless arrays of displays.

Self-portrait:)

Another section of a house that visitors could visit to take a peep into another K-Drama's shooting location.

Enroute to Petite France

Spotted a BALI floating restaurant!! Yes, I was on a bus-ride that took us from Cheongpyeong station to Petite France.  

During a 30-minute ride, I was a bit sleepy but the sight of Chuncheon lake kinda woke me up and made me sober--again! 

The barren trees along the road seemed to 'ignite' my curiosity and drenched me into questions as to whether I had made the right choice of going to Chuncheon area at this period...thinking that the view must've been breathtaking--considering it'd been Spring time---or so I thought. 

But..never mind...the view of the lake itself was worthy of the price

 I paid for the trip alone.  

#Gee, I wished I could just remove those cables!!! 

#cables and more cables...seemed to obstruct the view. But, well..what could we do? After all, there IS an electricity plant near the lake. So???

Spending A Day in Petite France, Korea

One of the highlights that one should not miss when visiting the La Petite France (or 쁘띠 프랑스  in Korean) is the Marionette show. I think this is a daily show for any travelers or visitors to this place. I did not expect to see this kind of show right here, so when I found out about it, I was like...wow...cool....! It drew lots of people since it is simply interesting to watch. It was a good decision of me to start filming the marionette being moved about and moved around corresponding to the music. 

It was good thing to know that the men behind or above (?) the marionette are professional in their careers. I could judge from the way they handled the movements of the marionette. Irresistibly stunning.

If asked as to whether I would want to go there again and check out what the place had in store.....I would say...Why Not.
Bring it On!

I guess...coming back again there in Spring time would also be a nice plan.

Petite France again

C4UMB8UTZABA

La Petite France 쁘띠 프랑스 (part 3)

All I could remember when I entered one of the houses in La Petite France was the images of France painted on the paintings hung on the walls of the houses. Oh, not only that I found such paintings on canvas, but I also found them painted on the wall itself. The vast arrays of paintings depicting lives in France cities and rural areas were available.
Since I did not know if I would go back here again...I might as well take some pictures...again...as usual.
Here are what I saw....

Cafes....
Yes...the uniquely ever-present significant symbol of France.
The pictures and the buildings....
all mashed-up into one unique atmosphere....i.e. France...
(Oh, come on...Suray....you wrote it like you've been to France...:) ^^








The figurines are displayed deliberately in front of the painting....DOES it blend in?
I don't think so.

This must be a famous intersection or golden triangle in France.. Is it in Paris? I do not know for sure.
Baroque?
Renaissance?
(what am I talking about?) I don't know..those two words just popped out of my head...*

Another look at how people in France (wait..is it Paris? ) hmmm gosh I wish I knew at least something about France so that I do not just rambling about what I'm writing down here...
somebody help me, please...

I hope I can go to Paris someday....^^







Wait....!
Is it the same picture with a horse figurine I just posted earlier? Naaa...I don't think so.
Well, then...if that's the case..that means that France cities look similar, then.
Well, of course for someone who's never been there like me.
Cafes? yes, I see them.






This picture is actually a painting on the wall. I admire the way the painter recreated the snowy winter in--I guess--one of the rural area somewhere...in France...Just look at how the snow is captured simply by dotting the painting. It gives me a kind of simply calming feeling....

Now...this one also done me in.:) ^^ I mean, I was speechless by the simplicity of this painting. The different shades of blue and white palette are simply pasted into it. The snow-covered roofs of the houses, the warmly-lit houses inside ...all in all gives a warm feeling of Winter. Oh, I just love this painting...

This one, I guess, is a family gathering during Summer. This painting looks like an art of dadaism. (?) I could be wrong, though. But, the deliberately shaped portrayal of people in the painting does show it. Otherwise, it was just a work of a child. But, I doubt it.
Still, it is a nice work of arts.

Now...what am I doing in here?
I thought this entry is only about paintings. ^^
Well, I might as well put it since the background of this picture.....tells something about how varied the France lives being captured in each one of the porcelain behind me.^^

La Petite France 쁘띠 프랑스 (part 2)

Then, came the time when I *scrutinized* each one of the houses being offered inside this Little France.


I felt like I was a GIANT overlooking the little world inside the glass...

Cool miniatures of France cities.....

I was amazed by both the original and made-up brick a brack...tic a tac of France-related trivia and stuffs.

I wonder if there are still some cities like this one in France.....I hope I can go to France someday...









It was a good thing to be there with lots of friends so as to make it like a good time in itself; though it indeed was. And would it be nice to be with friends again...in France...

Ok, just look at the intricately and ornately modeled mini-houses....
so cute.....^^





These ones were figurines (?) ...statues (?)...porcelain (?) of what France life was back then in the 18th or 19th Centuries...(once again I was just assuming)


 

Back to the trivia and stuffs that I saw..



I found these cute little dolls (but actually there were some harsh and roughly-looking dolls that I dared not to take pictures of)..^^










This one--I guess--is a daily entertainment that people used to have back then when there were no TV, Ipad, DVD, radio, internet....^^ so, they had this dance ball accompanied with live music from piano.....








I bumped into old toys being displayed with price tags on them.....which were beyond my belief....for they were so darn expensive.










It looks like it costs more than 200,000 Won. Oh, Come on...........^^. But, for an avid toy collector...it might be that reasonably expensive....Oh, well...

Oh, I should have put this picture at the start of this entry....anyway...I think this is another portrayal of France city life...back then....

The small figurines boosted the lively imaged of the model houses

This one, too. I should've posted it earlier.
Ok...these ones are for sale. I think they originated from France. ...freshly...deliberately packaged and sent from France.^^

I might as well take some pictures as a souvenir.....instead of buying them...?????