On November 9th, Brian and I played hookie and took a personal day to go and explore the small city of Buyeo, located about 1 1/2 hours away (due west) from Daejon. This was the last capital of one of the powerful kingdoms in Korea, the Baekje kingdom (which lasted from about 18 BCE to 660 AD). There is a legendary cliff here (see the forested hill in one of these photos?) where 3,000 ladies of the Baekje court threw themselves to their death when they learned of the defeat of their leaders. Called Nakhwaan, the name of the cliff means Falling Flowers (in honour of the ladies who fell, dressed in their colourful, traditional hanbok dresses). It was a beautiful day to explore some stories from the past, and Brian even drove a car for the day (this was the first time he was able to try out his Korean driver's license!).
1 comment:
hey guys,
First drive, eh? Looking back on my time in Korea, I wish I would've driven more. My advice to you is to sign out those cars, or borrow someones, and drive, drive drive. I think our stay would've been greatly enhanced!
By the way. Your decision to go to tcis over YIS for the sake of the kids was probably very wise. Life here as a teen would be pretty lifeless compared to Daejeon.
cheers.
chris
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