Korea

16-19 April 2013

We took a quick trip to South Korea this week. Our main purpose was naturally to eat a lot of Korean food but we also enjoyed visiting the historic town of Gyeongju, the former capitol of the ancient Silla kingdom.

First, the food.

Our favourite restaurant in Gyeongju.

We chose the smallest menu on the card….overwhelming!

Below follows a series of recommended exercises for good health and to help survive large and tasty Korean dinners! 

In Gyeongju we finally found cherry blossoms!

And we found a lot of friendly Korean ladies with big hats.

Photos from Gyeongju…

We also visited the famous Bulguksa Temple outside Gyeongju. Together with around 100.000 Korean school children… 

Later we walked up to the Seokguram Grotto. The grotto houses a beautiful seated buddha in white granite (no photos!). Here is the entrance to the grotto and a few pictures from the surroundings.