Walking around Seoul
“Seoul is not a pretty town, not at least by most Western senses of beauty. It is a sprawling mix of the haphazard, with little seeming cohesion, beyond a shared culture. Two hundred and fifty square miles of building after building, of all styles, of all facades (glass, brick, stucco, tile, fake brick, fake stucco), jammed up against each other, almost all covered in visually loud, bright, large ads.”
Seoul was never on my list of must-see places and the first paragraph of this brilliant photo essay sums up why, but the rest of the essay — and those photos! — managed to tempt me.
📷 Nature is obviously a fan of Escher.
📷 Reminds me of M.C. Escher’s Three Worlds (Tregaron Park, NW DC)
“The Cotswolds are like Disneyland, they said. And I suppose that was meant to be pejorative. But as a kid I grew up going to Disney World, over and over, … and having the time of my life.”
I like Disney World, but it looks like I would really like the Cotswolds.
📷 Seriously?
📷 It’s moments like this when I regret not having a newer phone (shot on an iPhone XS Max, 4 years old and still going strong).
📷 This is, without a doubt, the best time to visit Kenilworth aquatic gardens in DC.
American cities never stood a chance 📷
On the other hand, this view from Mt Vernon is worth preserving
American NIMBYism runs deep
