Author Archives: Richard

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Yesterday we went to Tongdosa. It turns out that the signs there are all fine except one. Myung thinks they want me to write brochures, but she isn’t sure. Also, in typically Korean fashion, the powers at be need to … Continue reading →

If I keep blogging at this rate, it’ll seem more like a diary than news updates. Yesterday we went to a temple right in Busan, Beomeosa. One popular way to tour Korea is to do “templestays”. For a nominal cost, … Continue reading →

As long as I’m writing more frequently, why not do it again after only two days? So, I’m baaaaack. -Sa at the end of a place noun means temple. -Pokpo means waterfall. A few km from us is Hongyongsa and … Continue reading →

Y’know those awkward times when you’re checking into a motel with someone you really should be doing that with? There is a wide open industry here to handle those concerns. For starters, certain motels are known as “love hotels”. You … Continue reading →

My favorite bathroom signs remain the ones that were at Donahue’s coffee shop on Disappointment Slough near Stockton. The doors were labelled “Inboards” and “Outboards”. For those of you who may be not boat literate, boats with engines inside are … Continue reading →