Gyeongju

... -- before traveling via ferry to Incheon, South Korea. After heading south to see Andong and Hahoe, the ancient Silla capital of Gyeongju, Daegu and Haeinsa, I went back to Seoul, where I stayed for a week. I'd really only gone to Korea because I'd been ...

... ; We got there with plenty of time to spare and so we got some breakfast and caught the KTX to Dongdaegu (then transfering to Gyeongju).  It didn't take long at all to get there, about 1.5 hours, and the train was pretty comfortable, similar to the ...

... We also stopped at Gyeongju Gwaereung, the tomb of King Wonseong. During dinner at another traditional Korean type restaurant (Leejo in Gyeongju) we were again introduced to soju, a Korean distilled drink made from rice. There are very specific ways of ...

... wanted to go to an English class that he teaches that night.  We said we'd try but we weren't sure when we'd be back to Gyeongju (this was of course a lie, we didn't want to be in a school.  I thought it might be cool, but don't think the ...