I’m not sure what I “expected” Don told us he’d arranged for us to attend the wedding of one of his Korean teacher colleagues at the International School, but whatever I thought it would be like was wrong! First off, it wasn’t held in a temple, shrine, church or other...
I am not making this up! (I took a photo of the sign and you can enlarge it by clicking on it and read if for yourself). “There are about a thousand tombs of aristocrats, eunuchs, and commoners from the Joseon period in Choansan (Mt.). Particularly noteworthy is the...
Although I was starting to get the hang of the subway system in Seoul, third largest in the world (after Tokyo and Moscow), I was grateful for the efforts of Don and Chris to meticulously plot our course whenever Miriam and I went “out and about” without them. Knowing...
Back from Japan, Miriam and I emptied the majority of our suitcases into the laundry room. Then I sorted through all the paper stuff, making three piles: Mine to keep, things Don and Chris might like to peruse in preparation of their own trip to Japan next year, and...
A day of hurry up and wait to travel from Kyoto, Japan back to Seoul, Korea, as our plane did not leave Osaka Airport until 5 pm. After breakfast we went back to the room and I went back through hundreds of photos, deleting the blurry and redundant, and freeing up...
Yesterday, we concluded our marathon walking tour in the Gion District of Kyoto. That is where the geishas go to school to learn how to perform their dances and continue the mystique of this culture. Geishas are traditional Japanese female entertainers who act as...
