This past weekend my language exchange family, the Kos', invited me to go with them for a "Temple Stay" in the mountains of Ulsan.  In ended up being not so much a temple stay but a weekend seminar on meditation and other workshops associated with Buddhism.  i attended several seminars and did a lot of meditation, but since I don't understand Korean it ended up being a lot of napping which is fine with me!  Saturday rained all day and the weather was miserable.  It was a little bit colder in the mountains and the rain just made it worse.  In the morning there was a small stream trickling down the mountain but by the evening it was full blown white water rapids.   I had decided to buy myself a birthday gift ( a new camera), but I didn't get much use out of it the first day.  The second day however I got some great pics.  There really isn't anything to highlight about the temple stay other than it was nice to see a little bit more of Korea.  They drove but were staying an extra day and I had to come back Sunday for work on Monday.  I took the KTX (Korea's high speed train) from Ulsan to Daejeon and then hopped in a taxi for a short ride to Seodaejeon  and then a regular train to Iksan.  The trains were pretty cheap in my opinion.  The high speed rail was 25,800 won and the regular train was only 5,200.  Both trips were about an hour.  Daejeon is huge and it piqued my interest just a little to see a larger city.  It seemed like there was a lot going on!

So head on over to the gallery to check out my pics.  A lot of them were messing with the settings on my camera but rather than only show you a few I included them all.  Enjoy!