"Shapes and Lines Can Be Difficult To Fill"

Suwon Autumn Foliage

It's Kept Together, Moving All Around

Manhole.In some alley.
Kristin asked me to take this photograph.
There are things to smile about in Korea.

An homage to my favorite photographer friends K and M. " A rose is a rose is a rose."
Ceiling of an entrance way at Suwon's Hwaseong Fortress.

Assorted Markings On The Wall In Seoul and Suwon

Things You Might Find When in Suwon

A pig's nose in a shop window, down a narrow alley near Suwon Station. In Korea, it is almost always clear that the animal you are eating or about to eat was in fact an animal.






A rare sight in Korea: some graffiti near Suwon Station(Yeok).








Here are some high rises in our neighborhood that are still being worked on. Most people in Suwon are apartment dwellers. I have yet to see free standing homes or town houses of any sort in our area.





JOSH IS HERE AND SMILING! Now there are 5 of us from the Western Maryland contingent teaching at Kim and Lee. We're kind of taking over the hagwan as there are only 10 total foreign teachers.

Further Clues To Our Existence in Suwon

A view of the buildings near the Hagwan where we work. Kim and Lee Language Center (our school) is on the far right. A Dunkin Donuts is nearby and a cool little cafe called Etre which has delicious espresso drinks. The woman who owns it speaks really impressive English.




This is a shot of one of the many bike racks you see around Korean cities. It's unusual to see a bike locked to anything but itself.










A photo of some tasty pork rib soup we enjoyed a few weekends ago in Seoul.







A beautiful shot of Kristin and our new Australian friend John after a long night of drinking and an early morning venture home.






A daylight depiction of the building where Kristin and I live. Our apartments are cozy little efficiencies with everything one might need but an oven. Our neighborhood is called Maetan-Dong Samsung Youngweon. We are near giant Samsung high rises and a hospital (i.e. youngweon). It's what we say to the cab drivers anytime we are taking a taxi back home. We're about an 8 minute walk from work and five minutes from Teresa and Anthony.

Some snippets of our trip to Gyeongju and Ulsan back in late August

Here are some red peppers drying on the sidewalk in our neighborhood. They are a fairly common sight and are made into a paste which is a key ingredient in kimchi (the national dish in Korea).







Here's a somewhat candid shot of Kristin, Teresa and Anthony waiting for the bus from Gyeongju to Ulsan, 4 and 6 hours away from our place in Suwon.











This is the interior of one of the buses we rode. They were quite comfortable. It was enjoyable to read, listen to music and stare out the window at the lush Korean countryscapes.





Here is the view of a courtyard at a restaurant we ate at in Gyeongju. We had an incredible salad of mixed greens and some amazing fish.