Spring is late this year, but she’s coming nonetheless…
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Saint Patrick’s Day festival in Seoul
The Irish Association of Korea held its 10th Saint Patrick’s Day Festival at Cheongyecheon Plaza in Seoul last Saturday. There’s pop concert, traditional shows, parade, good crowd, and off course… plenty of beer.
Sharing some pics from the parade; a small one but fun nonetheless…
Random Seoul stories (D63)
63rd day in Korea. I’ve met countless people from all walks of life from different parts of the globe, coming and leaving at my residing hostel on regular basis.
There’s always a slight sense of loneliness after bidding farewell to those whom I’ve had good chats with, knowing the fact that it’s probably the last time I’ll be seeing their faces despite all the keep-in-touch promises.
March snow in Seoul
Weather is unpredictable in Seoul. It was spring-like for the past two weeks, but here comes the snow again…
Tosokchon Samgyetang (ginseng chicken), Seoul
Samgyetang – literally ginseng chicken soup – is an iconic Korean dish which consists of a whole young chicken stuffed with glutinous rice plus Korean ginseng and boiled with some other oriental herbs.
One of the most famous restaurants to have this is Tosokchon (토속촌) which is located nearby the Gyeongbukgung Palace in Seoul…
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Bongeunsa Temple, Seoul, South Korea
Bongeunsa (봉은사) is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Korea. It’s founded in 794 and gone through difficult times as Buddhism was repressed for a long period in Korean history (it’s now the biggest religion though).
Bongeunsa is also one of the few temples in Seoul that offers short term temple-stay program which is pretty popular among foreigners.
