Fields of Rice
I grew up in the Pennsylvania countryside where corn fields are a common sight. After college, I lived in a few different states and was fascinated by seeing huge fields…
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Yongsan Electronics Market
This past Sunday, Johnnie and I took the train up to the Yongsan Station. Here there is a lot of shopping, including the I’Park Mall and Electronics Market. The trip…
The DMZ – Part 2 of 2
The next stop on our DMZ tour was the Dorasan Train Station. “The station contains the hope and expectation that Korea will not be divided forever.” If this was a…
The DMZ – Part 1 of 2
Last weekend, Johnnie and I took a bus tour to the DMZ of Korea. DMZ stands for DeMilitarized Zone. The DMZ is a 4km-wide strip of land between North Korea…
Yeonpo Beach
Last week I took a day trip to Yeonpo Beach near the town of Taean with some other wives and their children. It took about an hour and a half…
Sashimi in Busan
After arriving in Busan and checking into our hotel, we walked around the Haeundae Beach area for a while. It was a beautiful, warm night and there were tons of…
Busan
Busan is a big city surrounded by gorgeous mountains on one side and the ocean with sandy beaches on the other. The population of Busan is over 3.5 million people.…
Busan Aqaurium
The Busan Aquarium is at Haeundae Beach in Busan. Our hotel was right down the street from it so it was one of our first stops. The entrance fee wasn’t…
KTX Bullet Train
KTX, which stands for Korea Train eXpress, is Korea’s Bullet Train. This high-speed train opened in 2004 and connects Seoul (in the northwest) to Busan (in the southeast) and to Mokpo…
Ulleungdo Island – Part 3/3
Ulleungdo Island is an up and coming tourist location but it will never be the quintessential “island get-away” type of place. This island is rugged, rustic, and a step back…