Monday, March 07, 2005

Back at the foot of the mountain we came upon an enormous statue of the Buddha, which had appeared considerably smaller from the observation deck on top of the mountain. We bought a bottle of blueberry wine made fromthe wild berries that grew on the mountain, I can't resist the local organic produce. We then took a moment to stop on the arched foot bridge crossing to the Monastery and shared a round in four small paper cups, remembering of course to pour a bit on the ground as an offering, and a tribute to those back in Seoul. Then we entered the snow covered Monastery and poked around under the elaborate and colorful winged-roofed pagodas before heading back into town.

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