화성 (hwaseong fortress)

i received a couple packages from florida. cookies, coffee, licorice, shaving cream, among other things. also got an easter bunny.

i don't like the flash. i do like the moose hat.

thanks mom and daniel.
thought this bumper sticker i saw the other day was fitting.

went to hyunjoo's aunt's dental office and had my teeth cleaned for a discounted rate of 30,000 won (at the current exchange rate that's about $20), then went to 화성 (hwaseong fortress). the fortress used to serve as the wall surrounding suwon, now the city goes well beyond it. hwaseong has a few different meanings, but here it means 'fire wall'. looks like there was a fire outside the wall that day.








this is about 1/3 of the soybean/kimchi/red pepper paste pots that were in the back of a temple. the giant golden buddha seen earlier from another part of the fortress wall is at this temple. many of the pots seen here are big enough for me to stand in.

목 말라요? mok mallayo? thirsty?