2. I am having such a wonderful time.
But, WOW – it took a long time to fly there!
Did you know I was on a plane for 14 hours!
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3. South Korea is on the other side of the Earth!
When it is day time in New Jersey, it is night time in
Korea. So when you go to school, I go to sleep!
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4. My friend Stephen picked me up at the airport.
We drove to his house in Daegu, South Korea.
He lives in a very tall building.
Here is a picture from his apartment
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5. Stephen is a really great guy!
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6. Here is a picture of the Korean Flag. It has the
same colors as our flag but with special symbols.
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The red and blue in the middle mean “perfect
balance”. The lines mean many things like “Sky,
Moon, Sun, and Earth”
7. I have made a lot of friends in Korea! The
people are very nice. Here I am with my
friend Jin Hee.
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8. I met Jin Hee at
Stephen’s work. He is
a university professor.
He teaches design.
I went to a class that
Stephen teaches. We
learned all about
space and color.
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9. I made the painting in this picture. Did you know
that you can create all of the colors in this picture
only using red, yellow, blue, black, and white!
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10. Here I am at Stephen’s studio. This is where
we made the color painting. I love painting!
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11. One day we went to a Buddhist temple. Here I am
with one of the Temple guards (he looks scary, but
he was very nice!)
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12. Here I am with the Buddha statues. The temples are
very colorful and peaceful.
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13. I was very lucky because I went to the temple on a
special day. It was Buddha’s birthday!
In Korea this is a big holiday.
No one goes to school or work.
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14. Here is a picture of all of the colorful lanterns for
the birthday celebration. At night these all light up.
It is very beautiful!
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15. The Korean people really enjoy looking at beautiful
flowers. On the weekend many people will go
walking in the mountains.
I went walking and found these!
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16. But the flowers that are
most special are the Cherry
Blossoms. These only bloom
one time a year for a very
short time. This happens in
April. This is another very
big event in Korea.
I climbed one of the trees
with the Cherry Blossoms.
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17. Most nights we eat at a restaurant. My favorite
places to eat serve Korean BBQ. It is so much fun
because you cook the food right in the middle of the
table!
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18. And, when you eat – no one gets a plate! Everyone
just eats from the same dishes on the table.
But, the best part is we don’t use forks – we use
metal sticks! See them on the table?
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19. The food is soooooooo good!
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20. And finally, my favorite thing to do in Korea is to go
to the singing rooms. They are called “Nori-Bong”
Oh – did I tell you the Koreans use a different
alphabet! They do, the sign above says “Nori-bong”
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