South Korea

[april 2012] We went to a theatre to see something called “Jump!” in Seoul. It is a comedy with Kung-Fu  performance. My sister loves it and this was her second time to see this. It…

[april 2012] We went to a shopping area called Insadong in Seoul. Here there are a lot of craft shops. I was surprised to see so many people were around here, but I learned that the…

[april 2012] After lunch in Gyeongju tour, we visited tumuluses’ park. One of the tumuluses is called Cheonmachong and we could enter there to see how it was made. But they do not know whose tomb…

[april 2012] In Gyeongju, we were taken to a celadon porcelain shop, instead of a folk museum. The sales person there was a very aggressive middle aged woman with permed hair, and I did not…

[april 2012] The second place we went in the Gyeongju was a temple called Bulguksa. The wooden building was rebuilt in the 16th century, but the stone staircase was original one from around year 751….

[april 2012] We did one day tour to Gyeongju-si from Busan in Korea. Gyeongju-si is similar to Nara in Japan, according to our guide. First, we visited Seokguram Grotto, which was built in 751 and…

[april 2012] In Korea, I saw many building site for skyscrapers. They were building 80 stories high apartment buildings in Busan near our hotel. According to our guide, one flat here is about 90 square…

[march 2012] In Busan, we stayed in a hotel on the beach, far away from the centre. We walked a bit on this Haeundae Beach, which is one of the most famous beaches in Korea…

[april 2012] We had a family holiday in Korea again this year. This time we went to Busan first. As soon as we arrived there, we went to the International Market. In Korea, you can…