Please, more sweet potato in the crust!

Korea's culinary habits are not quite as bonkers as the Japanese - I shall never forget the apple and custard pizza - but when I bit into the crust of an innocent looking pizza recently and got a mouthful of powdery sweet potato as a filling I began to realise that if they can't beat them, they can most certainly join their ranks.

This weekend brings the annual Mud Festival in Boryeong. I blogged about this before, two years ago, and probably anticipated, well, lots of mud. I wasn't disappointed then and I expect that I shan't be this time either. A certain Ms Bond wants to see me mud wrestle my delightful co-worker Cheong but Cheong, despite only being three inches taller than an official midget, could probably batter me senseless then pitch me out of the arena* with one arm.

I spent a lovely weekend with Kevin and we finally did something touristy - we ascended Mt Namsan and the eponymous tower. The tower had been dramatically refurbished from when I last visited and it's now all shiny with details on the window saying how close / far away cities of the world are. Kevin and I were both perplexed to see that Paris is apparently further away from Seoul than London. My geography is piss poor but I calculate Paris to be more eastern than London. Am I right? Am I?

*inflatable giant paddling pool filled with mud.