So now... a few days in...

Korea is a cool place to visit. This morning, I am in a town called Gyeongju. This is the third city we have visited. This morning, I woke up early, after falling asleep early, and went down the road to a public bath house. (Well, I had to pay to get in, but it is still public). We have a shower room at this guesthouse, but it is cold, and we don't have towels, so the place down the street seemed a reasonable alternative. Today we travel to Andong, a town that makes its own Soju and is known for some good beef, too. I imagine we will eat and drink well tonight.

Seoul was a huge city, but a very nice city and easy to get around. We visited an old palace there and walked around exploring most of the day. We stayed at a guesthouse there that was reasonably comfortable.

Next we visited Busan, which is a coastal city and the main Port of S. Korea. We visited the fish market, went to some cliffs, and went up a tower.

Here in Gyeongju, we went to a jimjibang where I baked in a sauna, we visited tombs, an active temple, a lake/gardens area, some rice paddies, and walked around the markets. This is one of the world's 10 most important historical towns, according to some group that ranks important historic towns. It was cool to see a lot of it.

Now, I know this is a very sparse account, but the really cool parts of the trip have been the everyday life stuff that makes Korea and Korean life different from my life. Like sleeping on heated floors, and concession stands on "nature" hikes, and horrible smelling larva that people love to eat, and cell phone charms, and .......

Anyway... more another time. Cheers.