After the DMZ we made our way back to the beach and visited a couple of buildings and houses of old presidents. The first was the Castle of Hwaginpo, or Kim Ilsung's villa. Kim Ilsung was a president of North Korea and the castle was summer-house for him, his family, and the communist party for [...]
All throughout Gyeongju are tombs that look a bit like giant hills or mounds. Accross from Nordic is the Daereungwon Tomb complex famous for Cheonmachong and Hwangnamdaechong Tomb. Hwangnamdaechong Tomb is the biggest, with two tombs of a royal husband and wife and a remarkable amount of gold and relics buried with them. However you can't see in [...]
Our fourth day in London was another full day of tours. We got on a bus and our first stop was to Windsor Castle. Windsor Castle is reachable via train but we went on our a tour bus. We wandered around the castle grounds and looked at the state apartments. Windsor Castle is the largest [...]
The building the Fountain On Locust is in was built in 1916 as a showroom for sport sedans, specifically the Stutz Blackhawk and Stutz Bearcat. There is a plaque outside explaining the buildings history with cars. Now the building houses the Fountain On Locust, a restaurant and (voted) best ice cream parlor in St. Louis. My [...]
After a trip out to the graveyard our teacher took us to Cafe Louvre. Still getting over being sick I ordered ginger tea. When we went when the restaurant was having a strawberry take over of their menu, with strawberry drinks and what I ordered, cold strawberry soup, that I loved. I also ordered an [...]
