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| Roof panorama |
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| Orchid display at the Westin, Haeundae Beach |
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| Splurge lunch at the Westin |
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Busan Aquarium - intricate design and colorful fish
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| Busan Aquarium - shrimp |
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| School kids shoes neatly placed |
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| Kids playing on Haeundae Beach |
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| Haeundae Beach |
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| Downtown Busan |
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| Busan at sunrise |
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| Korean family watching the huge clock in Seoul Station |
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| Let's go.... |
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| Seoul Train Station |
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| Older neighborhood storefronts |
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| High rise building reflection |
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| Reading the daily posted newspaper |
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| Juxtaposition of old and new |
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| Typical alleyway with shops and homes |
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| Traditional building style |
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| One of my favorite hot soups: fresh noodles, veggies and a light broth |
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| Noodle house |
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| The standard condiments offered at every meal: kimchi and pickled yellow radish |
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| Lunch - hot soup with vegetables, pork and egg |
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| Doors as walls |
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| Peek of a garden through an open door |
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| 2 dogs standing guard - racing up and down the top of this 12 foot high fence |
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| Spicy cold "gazpacho-like" soup |
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| Typical street in the Hongik University (Hongdae) area |
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| Laundry drying on the back of the ubiquitous scooter |
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| Typical night scene in the Hongik University (Hongdae) area |
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| Street art below our studio in the Hongik University (Hongdae) area |
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| Adam's thumb being swallowed by a chicken at a Korean BBQ restaurant |
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| Sadly, this was closed on the day we walked by |
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| Six foot high rooster |
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| Lake in front of the National Museum |
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| Adam in front of a door that was 5'6" high |
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| Enclosed stairway to get up to the second floor that was maybe twelve inches wide |
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| A quiet morning in the Hongik University (Hongdae) area |
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| Delivery scooters. These dart around against traffic, on the sidewalks and around pedestrians to make a variety of everyday deliveries. We saw rolls of carpet, fresh fish and food being delivered on the back on these scooters. Anything that we are used to being delivered in a truck could be delivered on the back of a scooter. |
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| Street art near Hongik University (Hongdae) |
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| Street art near our studio in the Hongik University (Hongdae) area |
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| Street art near our studio in the Hongik University (Hongdae) area |
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| Food options |
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| Looking out our studio kitchen window |
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| Seoul Night Moves |
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| Walking past the street vendors |
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| Lunch - cool noodles, meat, veggies, egg and a wonderful cold spicy sauce |
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| Deep, dark, intense colors |
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| Typical containers outside of the doorway |
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| Flowers in full bloom |
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| Cars whizzing by a temple in downtown Seoul |
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| Dongdaemon shopping district in downtown Seoul |
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| Street art in downtown Seoul |
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| Dragon tile |
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| Typical Sunday afternoon |
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| Adam pouring rice wine |
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| Gorgeous fall colors |
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| Shinsegae, Centum City, Busan. This is the world's largest department store. It is huge. There are multiple levels that go on as far as the eye can see. It would take days to see every department offered in this store. |
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| Outside coffee-shop in downtown Seoul |
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| Adam wandering through neighborhood shops |
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| Walking through the neighborhood streets |
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| Temple close up |
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| Downtown Seoul |
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| Autumn leaves over the Palace walls |
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| Street vendor making a type of candy nougat. Although we didn't speak each other's language, he kept saying "Beautiful America - thank you." We met a lot of people who expressed their gratitude for what the US did for them during the Korean War. His candy was delicious. |
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| Downtown Seoul |
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| Dongdaemon shopping district in downtown Seoul |
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| Seoul Tower |
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| Tiny, family-owned dumpling shop. At night, you can see the steam billowing out the open front window. The dumplings are made from scratch and are absolutely wonderful. We rarely saw this place without a line in front of the shop. One dumpling was about .87 cents and made for a perfect late-night "comfort food" snack. |
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| Polish Embassy |
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| Fishing nets neatly wrapped into baskets. We wandered into a small fishing village and watched a fisherman lay out his fishing nets in the parking lot next to the ocean. After making sure they were in good order, he wrapped them into these baskets for use the following day. |
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| Beautiful fall colors |
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| Whole-wheat fried rice with veggies on a hot skillet |
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| Men playing games. The entire park was filled with several hundred men playing this board game. |
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| Active night life - typical street scene with lots of street food options. |
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| Cheonggyecheon Stream Park. An old highway used to cover this stream. Several years ago, as part of an urban renewal project, the highway was removed and the stream recovered. It is now a beautiful urban park that you can enjoy as you meander through downtown Seoul. |
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| Where am I? |
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| Mobile street vendors. We saw these little Toyota minivans or VW busses converted into tiny food trucks throughout Seoul. They would drive up and set up shop for the evening. This one sold dumplings. |
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| Downtown Seoul |
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| Kids playing soccer |
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| Shadow portrait of Adam and Karen |
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