Survive & Thrive in Korea
When my coworker, Jennifer, first suggested an outing to the Korean Folk Village I conjured up scenes of desolate run down huts with a few clay pots or demolished brick ovens. However, I couldn’t have been more wrong. The Folk Village turned out to be a day of great fun and good food. It all […]
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Yesterday, May 24 2007 was Buddha’s Birthday! I am sorry to say that it rained heavily here in Seoul and so I didn’t get out and partake of the festivities. However, last weekend I did do the big parade and will post photos of that soon. Wiki Says: In Korea the birthday of Buddha is […]
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When I heard Blue House Korea I thought it was their version of the House of Blues and I thought, “yeah a little music would hit the spot right about now”. Little did I know that it was instead the official presidential residence. We only saw it from a distance and quite by accident as […]
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Editor’s Note: Solutions is now closed I have a tragedy to report; my laptop computer, Mona, has become deathly ill and may be on her deathbed. It all went down this past Sunday when I upgraded with some new shiny memory. She had been chugging along on 512 but I thought a gig would do […]
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On Saturday a couple coworkers and me journeyed to Northern Seoul to check out Gyeongbokgung Palace. The trip for us consisted of a twenty minute subway ride on line Five. The station stop was Gwanghwamun exit 2 and then a straight shot north a few blocks to the palace’s front gate. Wikipedia says:Gyeongbokgung (Gyeongbok Palace) […]
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Over the weekend I attended my first Korean Wedding. The Couple in question are friends of my coworker, and they nicely extended the invitation to me.Contrary to popular belief, or at least my belief, South Korea’s religious population is about 40 % Buddhist and 40% Christian. This wedding turned out to be a Christian Western […]
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