Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Korea is called the Land of the Morning Calm. And there’s a saying here among the American rank, file & families…the Land of Not Quite Right. That whole ‘close, but no cigar’ bit. Trying to recreate the American experience, take the 4th of July for example, on foreign soil can never be quite right though. It’s [...]
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Isn’t this a pretty view? This is part of the National Museum of Korea – the gardens right out back. The museum is in Seoul & in fact it sits right up against Yongsan, the Army base there. You can head out one of the walk-in gates & visit their permanent collection for free. But [...]
Monday, July 12th, 2010
So…that went well…the trip to the vet, that is. Not. The regular vet we see, a lovely petite French woman, was not there today. Instead we got the fresh-faced, just-out-of-vet-school Korean girl…who looked visibly frightened the first time she saw Moo. Really?…This is the dog you’re afraid of?…How could anyone be afraid of that face? [...]