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...?????

La Petite France 쁘띠 프랑스

Kampung Prancis a.k.a. 쁘띠 프랑스 a.k.a. Little France a..k.a. La Petite France in Korea. Yes, I was there last week with a bunch of my friends.













Well, had it not been due to Ms. Cha's suggestion of going there, I would not have known that it ever existed:)











It turned out to be quite an interesting place to visit. Well, for some it might be too boisterous to have this so-called made-up or fake France atmosphere in Korean land.











.... But, hey....I would not have believed it myself till I was there.
I was a bit skeptical at first.

But then...the atmosphere, the weather, the architectural design, the shows, the landscape surrounding the place were more than enough to melt my heart and kept me captivated for half day.









Well, yes..I spent like 5 hours there. It was worth-it.
The ticket was 8,000 Won. A bit expensive for a small place like that...at first....but then....from what I got...it was a reasonable price.





I loved the lightly colored rooftops and walls of the houses. The street in front of the houses also intersected with one another that mimicked (maybe) one of the so many villages in France. (hmmm I dunno coz I've never been to the real France before).








The houses were attached in such a way that it made them easy to access from all directions. The wild bushes dotted the place naturally (or carefully planted that way)...

The most important thing was that...I felt like I was not in Korea for it zapped me like a blitzkrieg snatch from my slumber.








I mean...I've been in Seoul a.k.a. Korea...for the last two months and saw nothing but Korea-themed or real Korea atmosphere.....until I went to this place.

So I did not waste any chance of not taking as many pictures as I could. Even, I would not want to miss the deserted alley in front of the houses--which later on...I learned that it was a home stay or hotels for any one who might want to stay there.

Even, the small stuffs that I thought I might never have a chance of finding again...in Seoul....did not escape from my attention.
All in all, I loved it.
Just look at the cloudy sky overlooking the village...it was marvelous.