Monthly Archives: September 2008

Kyongju and Ssanggyesa, Korea

Here are pictures of a couple places Myung and I went to in the last couple of days. The first two pictures were taken during a little trek we took to the top of the hills near Kyongju. Like many … Continue reading

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Sobaeksan, Chungcheongbuk-do and Songnisan

It’s autumn finally and it’s apple time. In the hilly areas, you see apples and pears almost everywhere. Yes, sunflowers too. The fall harvest is in full swing. In fact, we may go pick pears near Ulsan tomorrow. We went … Continue reading

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Chusoek, Korea

Hi again. Here’s the news that’s fit to print. Well, I’m not sure the “lipstick on a pig” photo is fit to print. Since I last wrote, we went on a couple of walks, of course, went to number of … Continue reading

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Pyochungsa, Korea

It’s kind of fun posting pictures as I take them. Yesterday’s jaunt took us to Pyochungsa, a 7th century temple site near Miryang, just northeast of here. It goes back to the first years of a unified Korea. None of … Continue reading

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Little Peppers Are the Hottest. Anyang, Korea

Greetings. It’s been a quiet week here in Lake Wobegone. We took our usual walks. The highlights, such as they are, were a couple of visits to friends’ gardens. Last week we went to a tea plantation. The people also … Continue reading

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