Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Silleuksa Temple, pt. 2

[you can read part 1 here]
Once you pass the Beomjong-gak, you’re in the middle of the compound….and that’s when everything takes on a different feel.
Suddenly you’re no longer just a tourist making your way to see the temple. You’re there – in the midst of it all – the sights & sounds throwing off your [...]

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Girl Interrupted

I know I’m in the middle of giving you the tour of the Buddhist temple we visited Sunday, and I’ll get back to it next – I promise, but I have to share this with you first!…and in the exact order I stumbled on it.
It started with a news article posted on Yahoo this morning.

It [...]

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Silleuksa Temple, pt. 1

Part of the trip Eric & I took yesterday included a tour of the local Buddhist temple.
(Well, a do-it-yourself-there’s-no-tour-guide-&-no-English-anywhere tour that would’ve been so much better had I known more about it while we were there.)
So what follows is the research I’ve been able to dig up on Silleuksa Temple now that we’re back home [...]