Korea.: The Beautiful Gyeongju

The guards for the traditional funeral

King's Tomb

Beautiful Fall Leaves

Pho Hai Noi in Korea!

I finally got a chance to see the beautiful city of Gyeongju. Whenever you mention Gyeongju, people always say it's a nice and a pretty city. My school is actually in Gyeongju but more on the outskirt so there aren't much to see. I met up with my co-teacher at the bus station in Gyeongju. Since she lives there, she offered to show me around the city.

While we waited for my friend, we had coffee. My co-teacher also took her younger sister with her. It was nice to finally meet the last member of her family. (I met her parents and younger sister at the Gyeongju marathon). We then went to eat Pho at an actual Vietnamese-owned restaurant. I was really excited because I knew they were Vietnamese; I could finally speak Vietnamese!!! The pho tasted pretty authentic but it was not the best. There were a lot of noodle and not much meat (I am a spoiled American)

Want some alcohol? I can read it!!

We then went to visit the Kings' Tombs (Park). Gyeongju was the capital of the Shilla's Dynasty so there are lots of history. After that we went to visit the lake (actually we just drove by because it was getting late). Our final destination was Anapij Pond. It's pretty famous and nice. When we got there, we were freezing! It was really really cold. We walked around a bit, took some pictures, and decided we were too cold to go further. We got dropped off by my co-teacher near downtown and my friend and I decided to eat KBBQ for dinner. We walked around downtown after dinner then headed back to Pohang at around 8pm.

It was a well-spent day.