My friend, Me Young, took us for our first Korean breakfast
in Seoul: soup, rice, and a variety of side dishes including one
of my favorites...baby octopus in spicy red sauce.
Trying on hanbock, traditional Korean dress.
The first of a zillion steps up to beautiful palace, temples,
and villages - well worth the climb!
Rooftop dragons on guard
Entrance to a traditional Korean village in Seoul.
Here I am with my friend and travel companion, Barbara.
Kimchi pots - this is as close as I care to get to this dish.
Beautiful work at the Embroidery Museum.
On to a Buddhist Temple
This temple was built in 794 AD.
Paper lanterns with messages to ancestors
Inside the temple we see offerings to Buddha on the alter.
Changing of the guard at the palace - one of several in Seoul.
Musicians played conch shells, bells, trumpets and drums.
At the palace the markers in the courtyard told visiting officials
where to stand while waiting outside the throne room.
With some of the performers at the Chongdong traditional theater.
Another palace...
another throne room.
Then we left Seoul and flew down to Jeju Island to meet
up with a tour group of Korean Americans. Jeju is a most
beautiful island!
The site of three holes in the ground where legend says
three demi-gods came up and founded Jeju.
A Buddhist temple set against a spectacular mountain.
Happy Buddha:)
Notice the tangerines, a specialty of the island, offered to Buddha.
Our hotel in Jeju sat high on a cliff overlooking the sea.
Time out with a "Grandfather Rock" - one of many on the island.
A view of the beach from our hotel.
Korean parasol - good for sun, rain or waterfalls!
Lovely waterfalls - didn't see the rare eels that live here.
Cloning ginsing root to make the best (and most expensive) tea.
Beautiful gardens, bonsai, and vocanic rocks at a tangerine grove.
This lava rock hardened around a tree trunk.
Several of us on the tour are teachers so we were treated
to a specially arranged trip to a local school.
An area where the students learn about Korean traditions.
Notice the sink in front of the playground. The students
are responsible for mopping the classroom floors.
This is a traditional village on Jeju where people still live
in the traditional ways.
These hexagon shaped rocks were formed by volcanoes.
Back on the main land, a fish market in the harbor city of Busan.
Heading down to the beach in front of our hotel...
Viewing rice fields outside the bus window.
Sacred water or not, I stuck to bottled water.
A misty hike up ancient stairs to a grotto...
Seokguram Grotto was built in 751 AD to honor parents
of a previous life.
Another palace - beautiful even in the rain.
In Andong a 400 year old tree collects prayer wishes.
The path back to Andong village winds past lilly pads and
rice paddies.
Here people live in the traditional ways. The common
people live under thatched roofs.
Upper class people have tiled roofs. Because of the many
royalty that came from this village, Queen Elizabeth visited
here and planted a tree.
Can you see the face of the sleeping giant in the mt. peaks?
A cable car ride up Mt. Serak tallest peak in S. Korea
Horray!!! More steps!!!
No, that is not me on the top.
I did make it this far...
Bowing to the largest sitting Buddha
Back in Seoul...there is an ancient wall around the mountain
top in the middle of the city. The holes were to shoot
arrows through if the city was invaded.
Ancient method of sending smoke signals across the country
in just 3 hours.
Our hotel looked out on the many protests including this
march by Buddhist monks.
Learning how to make Kim Bap in the home of a friend.
Barbara has some help rolling it up.
Look how many we made! Dinner is served!
Visit to a Confucian Academy in Daegu.
Learning to read Chinese characters...
we were served tea.
A gift from the most honored teacher...
a banner made just for us that says
"World Peace!"
Beautifully carved chairs at the Norwegian-American Museum.
Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family lived and worked at this inn for a few months in the town of Burr Oak, Iowa.
A visit to Baraboo, WI, at the Circus World Museum.
Many elaborate circus wagons from many places.
Cinderella's carriage
This is not as difficult as it looks!
Cornfields and more cornfields
White Rose Bed and Breakfast, Wisconsin Dells
Perfect weather for a breakfast on the patio
Wisconsin Dells boat ride
A boardwalk took us through some interesting rock formations.
Can you see the face on these rocks?
Chimney rock formations or a stack of pancakes? 
Because these rocks are soft under their outer crust, 
A little background info for those who are interested...
There is a 5 1/2 foot gap between these rocks.
Will the dog be able to jump across?
He did it!!! 
So Roy decided to give it a try.
A tight squeeze for our boat going in...
...and coming out.
Twin Rocks
Anvil Rock
