Pianos frequented the various areas around the exterior of the building..some had little children banging on them, others had people playing classical pieces…somehow I missed those photos… But I did capture the interesting chairs placed outside, although they were difficult to photograph. I uploaded two photos from different views, to hopefully show the design. One […]
Category Archives: Misc
I lo ve photographing the ceilings and around the staircases in buildings. Hadid’s DDP didn’t disappoint!
Several years ago I started searching out different architect’s work…I was fascinated by what I was seeing in the modern buildings in Japan and some of the European countries. Now when we are going to a new place, I activity search out my favorite architects’ work and look for others that I have yet to […]
This temple property was a gift to Venerable Buojeong Sunim, a Buddhist monk whose writing, “Non-Possession” had inspired the owner of the property which had been an upscale restaurant. The owner was a woman named Kim Yeong-han who was a gisaeng ( similar to a Japanese geisha). The story we were told was that she […]
What amazed Hugh and me as we walked through the market was that the stalls were covered with black plastic – that was the sole “security” around all the goods and clearly that was to protect from the weather. When I asked about walking around Seoul in the morning our guide assured us that Korean’s […]
Another morning of walking the early morning market in Seoul. The activities that start in the dark…
The Lantern Festival was on what the Korean’s call a “Stream”. The “Stream” possibly better called a “river” was covered in the 1960 by streets. It was “uncovered” sometime in the early 21st Century and now as you walk along it, there is a feeling of a city park. The guide said the temperatures in […]
We happened to wander into this museum after visiting the Palace. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to fully investigate the museum. Here are a few one off photos…
The painting was a representation of the throne…whenever it appeared through Korea, the people knew the King was making an appearance. The dragon ceiling in one of the Palace rooms… We also learned that girls and boys were separated during daytime hours after the age of 7 (hopefully my memory is right on that) […]
We were fortunate to visit on the first day of the Hi Seoul festival, so we got to see part of the rehearsal at the Palace and also the Lantern Festival in the evening, along with other festivities throughout the day. I hope to post a video of the drum rehearsal which was outstanding later. […]