We last left our heroine (that would be me) in Gyeongju, preparing to leave for Busan ( Read more... )

Yesterday I only went to two places, Bulguksa Temple, and the Seokguram Grotto. I got a bit of a late start yesterday morning, and didn't leave the hotel until after 11. I caught the bus to Bulgksa, and arrived at about 12:10. I spent several hours going through this gorgeous Buddhist temple, considered the "crowning glory of Silla (668-918 AD) ( Read more... )

I'm in a PC Bang, so I don't have too much time to write a lengthy post. I'm busy transferring pictures from my camera storage card to my USB drive, because I'm almost out of room on my camera card, I've taken so many pictures. Good thing I don't need to pay for film ( Read more... )

I slept ok, but not great last night. I got up at 8am, and managed to get out of the hotel around 9 ( Read more... )

Last weekend I went to the National Museum of Korea on Saturday. It was bigger than I expected it to be, and in retrospect I wish that I had started at the top (3rd floor Korean celadon pottery and general Asian art) and worked my way down (2nd floor Korean art and Joseon era furniture, 1st floor Hangeul and historic artifacts) instead of the ( Read more... )