Our first stop - Bulguksa Temple, which has been around since year 528. It is number 1 on the South Korean registry for scenic and historic sites, and is also on the UNESCO World Heritage list. I knew you wanted to know that. It was a beautiful temple and we were there on a perfect autumn day. We also visited Seokuram Grotto, Anapji Pond, and the Tomb of Crazy Horse. The Buddhist architecture is very beautiful and colorful, it was so neat to see it up close and personal, it was hard to believe that these places have been around for so long, some for several hundred, and some for closer to a thousand.
Adding a rock to a stack is akin to throwing a penny into a wishing well. You see these stacked rocks all over the country... |
| *sigh* it was so beautiful there |
We had hiked up to the temple (don't remember which one), and on our way out, saw this Rolls Royce! I didn't realize that the path to the temple was driveable! We had hiked a good twenty minutes to get there. Where there's money, there's a way...
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| Bill Gates? No, his name is Francesco and he's from Italy. |
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| Kids were getting tired...
We didn't know where the tour would take us for lunch, we figured it would be some meat place, but to our delight, they took us to a vegetarian restaurant! Score! Not only that, people were seated in tables of four, but since we had the two kiddos, we got to eat more than our fair portion! Double score! We were pretty excited
 Can you see the look of elation on Sam's face? The rice paddy next to the restaurant made for a nice view, too.       
On our last day in Gyeongju, we decided to play at Bomun Lake. We drove around until we found paddle boats!
  A picture of the hotel that Sam's Uncle built, with the swan boat that he bought all those years ago, it was still there! Lindsay loved driving the boat!  We exchanged cameras with a couple to get this shot
I like the way the ducks are all at attention! Bye Gyeongju! |
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