Hello Henry!

I’m in South Korea.

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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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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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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Stephen is a really great guy!

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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”

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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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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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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Here I am at Stephen’s studio. This is where

we made the color painting. I love painting!

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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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Here I am with the Buddha statues. The temples are

very colorful and peaceful.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The food is soooooooo good!

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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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No Ri Bong

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Here I am in a “Nori-Bong” having a great time

singing with my new friends.

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Well Henry – I hope you are great in New Jersey! I

miss you and will be home soon

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