The ancient capital of Silla and the park Jirisan 
Before leaving the country with my cousin, I stayed two days in Seoul. Turning a trip to City Hall, I stumbled upon the changing of the guard of the palace Deoksugung. The festive atmosphere on the sidelines of the event contrasted with the seriousness of the guards. Before the main gate of the palace, a stand proposed to try period costumes. Types dressed in teddy bear hopped on and took up the pose with Japanese tourists, all against a backdrop of military music. The Tonight we had dinner in a restaurant that offered a traditional Hanjeongsik, meals "a thousand banchan", these little cups that accompany the main course. There was maybe not a thousand, but at least three dozen, vegetables, seafood, soups ... The waitress has taken five minutes to put them all on the table. It was a treat, as usual.
We're back in the south-eastern Korea, the tourist city of Gyeongju. He is the former seat of the Silla dynasty, one of the three kingdoms that made up the country in the first millennium. The city is dotted with mini-historic sites. Walking is soon see a huge green bumps, these are the tombs of kings and nobility of Silla. 23 of them are arranged in a park in downtown. Farther still a tower which served as an observatory, in the 7th century, saved from destruction by the Japanese. All other buildings on the corner (fortresses, temples, castles ...) no longer exist, although some have been partially rebuilt in the 70 or 80. But most sites are simply marked with a display panel, you have to work on his imagination to picture the capital city as it was at the time of its splendor.
A few kilometers, the temple of Bulguksa stands on a hillside. He too was razed during the occupation, but Korea has completely rebuilt. While the archaeological work is impeccable, I have some difficulties to immerse myself in these faux-ancient sites, though highly popular with tourists. A few kilometers further up the mountain, a Buddha is housed in a niche called rocky cave Seokguram, surrounded by his guards. The night we went out drinking in a small bar Soju not far from our hotel. In fact the hotel, there is a room with two mattresses fine, the ondol, placed directly on the ground. In this bar, the waitress brought us a variety of snacks to accompany drinks, including a bowl of caterpillars. I tried, I honestly thought it was not very good ... Taste and texture of soil. By cons girlfriend Mag seemed to appreciate, it must be a matter of habit ^ ^
Despite the weather, I went the next day I walk to the National Park Jirisan. The short hike began with a visit to a Buddhist temple Ssangyesa, dated the 8th century (but always the same story, the Japanese destroyed and rebuilt very recently). It was Monday, and this time I was alone in the temple. As the temple of Insa-Gu, Ssangyesa is in several buildings, and the path to enter the prayer hall through a spiritual journey symbolized by three large doors richly decorated. Behind the temple, a small path in the forest allows you to waterfalls buril Popko, a few miles away. The trail is steep and winding along the river, the steps are irregular and quite high, it's short enough sports! The scenery is superb, the light rain and fog add to the charm of the forest. In the evening I wanted to go to Jeonju, my next destination, but the schedules of buses have decided otherwise, I had to do an intermediate step to Gurye, a small town in the mountains.
Before leaving the country with my cousin, I stayed two days in Seoul. Turning a trip to City Hall, I stumbled upon the changing of the guard of the palace Deoksugung. The festive atmosphere on the sidelines of the event contrasted with the seriousness of the guards. Before the main gate of the palace, a stand proposed to try period costumes. Types dressed in teddy bear hopped on and took up the pose with Japanese tourists, all against a backdrop of military music. The Tonight we had dinner in a restaurant that offered a traditional Hanjeongsik, meals "a thousand banchan", these little cups that accompany the main course. There was maybe not a thousand, but at least three dozen, vegetables, seafood, soups ... The waitress has taken five minutes to put them all on the table. It was a treat, as usual. 
We're back in the south-eastern Korea, the tourist city of Gyeongju. He is the former seat of the Silla dynasty, one of the three kingdoms that made up the country in the first millennium. The city is dotted with mini-historic sites. Walking is soon see a huge green bumps, these are the tombs of kings and nobility of Silla. 23 of them are arranged in a park in downtown. Farther still a tower which served as an observatory, in the 7th century, saved from destruction by the Japanese. All other buildings on the corner (fortresses, temples, castles ...) no longer exist, although some have been partially rebuilt in the 70 or 80. But most sites are simply marked with a display panel, you have to work on his imagination to picture the capital city as it was at the time of its splendor. 
A few kilometers, the temple of Bulguksa stands on a hillside. He too was razed during the occupation, but Korea has completely rebuilt. While the archaeological work is impeccable, I have some difficulties to immerse myself in these faux-ancient sites, though highly popular with tourists. A few kilometers further up the mountain, a Buddha is housed in a niche called rocky cave Seokguram, surrounded by his guards. The night we went out drinking in a small bar Soju not far from our hotel. In fact the hotel, there is a room with two mattresses fine, the ondol, placed directly on the ground. In this bar, the waitress brought us a variety of snacks to accompany drinks, including a bowl of caterpillars. I tried, I honestly thought it was not very good ... Taste and texture of soil. By cons girlfriend Mag seemed to appreciate, it must be a matter of habit ^ ^ 
Despite the weather, I went the next day I walk to the National Park Jirisan. The short hike began with a visit to a Buddhist temple Ssangyesa, dated the 8th century (but always the same story, the Japanese destroyed and rebuilt very recently). It was Monday, and this time I was alone in the temple. As the temple of Insa-Gu, Ssangyesa is in several buildings, and the path to enter the prayer hall through a spiritual journey symbolized by three large doors richly decorated. Behind the temple, a small path in the forest allows you to waterfalls buril Popko, a few miles away. The trail is steep and winding along the river, the steps are irregular and quite high, it's short enough sports! The scenery is superb, the light rain and fog add to the charm of the forest. In the evening I wanted to go to Jeonju, my next destination, but the schedules of buses have decided otherwise, I had to do an intermediate step to Gurye, a small town in the mountains. 
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