by bbeckel | Oct 10, 2013 | Korea, Travel
When I think of Buddhist life, I think of quiet meditation, slow walks, appreciating nature, and vegetarian cooking. Sounds, relaxing, easy, perfect for a vacation! Boy did I learn. Patrick and I signed up for one of Korea’s 100+ Temple Stay programs. In 2002,...
by bbeckel | Oct 9, 2013 | Korea, Travel
One of my favorite parts of our travel was spending a day and night in a traditional Korean folk village in Nagan. There are several of these villages around the country, where the residents have agreed to continue maintaining traditional lifestyles in order to...
by bbeckel | Oct 3, 2013 | Korea, Travel
For our Chuseok holiday (1 week break), we traveled around the Southern coast of mainland South Korea – our first visit to the mainland! There’s no way I can share all the details. Our week was packed full of activities. We stayed one night in each place...
by bbeckel | Sep 24, 2013 | Korea, Travel
First, to all my family, friends and readers not in Boulder County: please send any thoughts and prayers you can spare to the areas in the northern front range of Colorado. While all my close friends are safe, many are facing tens of thousands of dollars of damage,...
by bbeckel | Sep 11, 2013 | Korea, Travel
We decided to have a little picnic on the beach one night after school. We got a recommendation on where to go, and I packed up the traditional Korean picnic food – kimbap. Kimbap (or Gimbap, depending on how you anglicize the Korean characters) is just the...
by bbeckel | Sep 10, 2013 | Korea, Recipes, Travel
So I’ve been watching Korean cooking YouTube instructionals during the day. There are a few I really like – a mom who sends her daughters recipes so they can carry on their heritage, the young Korean-American mom who’s son runs around in the...
