Tuesday was very foggy and overcast, the perfect kind of day to explore a museum. So we loaded up into a van with our neighbours and friends, the Willoughbys, and set off for the largest museum in South Korea, Independence Hall. Only 50 minutes from Daejeon, this museum is dedicated to telling the story of the Japanese occupation of Korea, and we learned so much as we wandered through its halls. Outside on the museum grounds are the dismantled remains of the Japanese government building that was originally built in Seoul, and the display was set up in a powerfully symbolic way to represent an ancient Greek or Roman ruin. A huge reunification bell and sculpture is also on the property, again symbolic with two giant bell ringers adjacent to the bell (one for the north and one for the south). It was a fascinating trip, and we enjoyed our time immensely with the Willoughbys.
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