The girls are gone now but we had a pretty agitated couple of weeks together. They came and visited us from Germany.. our bestest friends ever... Silke "the red Hawk" AKA Ramona Fox and the ever so dangerous Simone "tight panty" Armoire.. no explanation needed.
We travelled quite a lot togehter throughout Korea.. Darling man, the Girls, Brady the dog and of course yours truly - me.
I could probably write a short novel telling you the stories and all our adventures but I'll start with telling you one.
We took the car to the southern part of the peninsula, about 4,5 hrs away from Seoul. Gyeongju is a beautiful place, or at least it could be If it weren't for the city itself. Like the most of Korea, Gyeongju is no exception, it is full of postwar, quickly and badly built buildings, quiche french style, yet "oh so not french" cafes but remains, nonetheless one of the best destinations in Korea to do tourism due to it's historical past.
Anyway, we got to THE place to be in Gyeongju: the Temple site. We got there and saw some temples... some Buddha statues... some buildings... When we were out we almost simultaneously said, "Seen one temple, seen them all.." Ok, sarcasm aside it was nice. Great Buddha paintings statues, temples and all.
Anyway, we were staying at a "Ritzy" resort at the border of a lake surrounded by nature, hills, lakes, the historical sites of the ancient Silla civilization... bla bla bla...
After we smuggled Brady the dog in and walked into the Suite... our jaws just dropped to the ground
at the sight of the mosquito infested room adorned with, I dare say an artistic looking green plastic couch accompanied by a beige plastic pillow. By artistic I mean along the lines of Joseph Beuys and company..
Loved every minute of it. Would do it again on stilts.
Loved every minute of it. Would do it again on stilts.
Miss you guys.