Off from School at Lotte World
Treasure played hookey from school recently to go to Lotte World in Seoul with friends. Isn't she getting too old for places like that though?
Tagged: Myunghee
Car Blocked In at Parking Lot in Bono-dong, Ansan
Our car's the one that you can't see behind this one. Fortunately, most every car has the cell phone number of the owner shown in the front window and Myunghee's calling the owner to ask him to come out and move his car so we can get out.
Weekend Trip to Gangweon Province (6 of 6) – The 4th Tunnel
As a final stop on our trip before getting in the car and heading back home, we dropped by this place, which is the site of the fourth tunnel built by the North Koreans to invade South Korea, and which has been discovered (who knows if there's a 5th, 6th...
Weekend Trip to Gangweon Province (5 of 6) – From the Top of the Eulji Observatory
This is right on the border with North Korea. (Click here to visit in Google Maps.) I wasn't actually supposed to take the top photo but didn't notice the sign prohibiting photos in the direction of North Korea until after I'd take it. It's a marker that commemorates a battle...
Weekend Trip to Gangweon Province (4 of 6) – Korea DMZ Peace-Life Valley
One of the nice things about driving around the Korean countryside at random without a fixed itinerary is unexpectedly coming across gems along the way. The Korea DMZ Peace-Life Valley [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://dmzecopeace.com/eng/] right up near the DMZ focuses on educating visitors about the unspoilt nature within the DMZ,...
Weekend Trip to Gangweon Province (3 of 6) – Where We Stayed
A highlight of each trip out of town is picking our place to stay for the night. There are many private inns (called "pensions" or "minbaks") in the best locations and we did already on our trip to Gangweon Province last week. (Click here to visit in Google Maps.)
Weekend Trip to Gangweon Province (2 of 6) – Serendipitous Radishes
Driving through the Gangweon countryside last weekend, we came across a field that had been freshly harvested of radishes. Those that weren't marketable got left, and some of them ended up in the trunk of our car and turned into 깍두기 when we got home!
Weekend Trip to Gangweon Province (1 of 6) – At Heongseong Lake
This lake north of Hoengseong was created with a dam and some sentimental types managed to get a small museum built in this spot to remember the land that got flooded in the lake's creation. We arrived the day after a ceremony to commemorate a walking trail around the perimeter....
