Category: Travel + Place

Travel + Place 2013 08 311

K-food…Yikes!

saBEE,

Breakfast, lunch and dinner… a full day of k-food. Lunch today is with my mother’s family. Thought it was to be with my aunt and youngest uncle… turned out to be a lunch for 8 adults and 2 children. What a lunch! Returning from lunch, our hotel room is peaceful…

Travel + Place 2013 08 31

Pinus Densiflora

saBEE,

After breakfast this morning, we set out for the temple – a 5 minute walk away. The temple walk takes us into Seoraksan National Park. A giant Buddha at the start of the park, beautiful temples and a hike up to a temple in a cave. A beautiful trail in…

Travel + Place 2013 08 29

SeorakSan

saBEE,

A rainy day in Seoul – nice relief from the heat. Today we travel to the East coast to Seoraksan – in my mother’s home province. 2 hours on an express bus through the beautiful countryside – a smooth and comfortable ride. Kensington Stars Hotel is beyond our expectations. The…

Travel + Place 2013 08 28

Digital City

saBEE,

Today’s agenda is to seek out digital installations in the most wired city in the world… First stop is the IFC Mall, where I was told I could not take photos indoors or outdoors… Oops. Too late. Glad I got this one… a head in the bottom right corner of…

Travel + Place 2013 08 27

A quiet day

saBEE,

The morning is leisurely. After breakfast, we walk through the endless rows of vendors under our hotel. Then a taxi ride to the Leeum Samsung Museum of Art. The digital guide is wonderful and the galleries are beautiful. An Italian lunch with Mike after the gallery, Then to a Jjimjilbang…