Survive & Thrive in Korea
The name conjures up images of a giant mythic beast flying through the night sky. Well, it does for me anyways, but Beomeosa is not some mystic fairytale but a real life Buddhist temple nestled in the mountainous slopes of Geumjeongsan in Busan. It’s old, really old, like built in 678 old. Constructed during the […]
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So, dear readers, when we last were together we were walking along the craggy Haeundae Beach coastline. Well, from there the walkway led to a tiny itsy bitsy lighthouse. The lighthouse looks out over a spectacular view that includes the Nurimaru APEC House. It’s a building that looks like it was ripped right out of […]
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Friday afternoons things jumped off for my weekend getaway at Seoul Station where I met my friend Jose. Seoul Station is one of the boarding stations for Korail’s KTX. The high speed train goes to the far flung corners of Korea. I had reserved my seat in the first class section a few days before. […]
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With my coming move to Japan comes a new lexicon of language that I have to master. First up, because of my current guest house search, is the ubiquitous tatami mat along with the arcane symbols of rooms such as 1R, 1LDK, and so on and so on. Here’s a few photos to help you […]
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Part two of my trip back home is coming at you without much of a delay. One of the stops I made back in Milwaukee was to the Three Domes. They’ve been around forever. Each dome houses a veritable variety of vegegation from the desert landscape to the steamy tropic jungle. Yeah this doesn’t seem […]
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Over the Thanksgiving holiday I flew back home to Milwaukee to see my family. It had been almost two years since I last saw everyone and I was happy to be back in town. Above is the Milwaukee Public Library. Below is the famous Pfister Hotel. One of the things I wanted to do was […]
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