my life… in korea
After two long days in Seoul walking more than I have ever walked in my entire life, I pulled it together enough to wait it out for the Lotus Lantern Festival Parade. I’m glad I did, because I loved it. In my former life working in politics, I attended many (MANY) parades. As a rule, [...]
This weekend I spent some time in Seoul to check out the Lotus Lantern Festival. Buddha’s birthday is this month and there are a lot of things going on. It was very interesting in comparison to American festivals… by that I mean it was A LOT less annoying. Of course, I can never figure out [...]
Giving into Olympic fever, I went out to visit Olympic Park in Seoul last weekend. I’m always so divided on the Olympics. I think it’s such a gigantic waste of money, but at the same time I can’t stop loving them. In my heart I really, really wanted Chicago to win the bid for the [...]
I went to the War Memorial of Korea several weeks ago, but I haven’t written about it in hopes that my original feelings about the place would moderate. It is very different from war memorials in the United States, and I didn’t want my pre-conceived notions to get in the way (because I do actually [...]
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