stories from the way i see the world, a bit different to most.
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where i look at the mainstreet of our town and wonder --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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taken from my speech on my 80th birthday --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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taken from my speech at my 80th birthday party --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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where i think about ways to deal with having turned 80 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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where i reminisce on my journey during my 80 years --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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arrival from seoul to daylesford, from autumn to spring. from home to home. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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where we listen to, and become aware of, the sounds of life around us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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where we are enjoying the quiet simple act of making and taking tea Korean style --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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a visit to a korean home plus a walk into a poetic landscape. and the amazing public transport system --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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a visit to the national museum of korea. truly awesome historical displays. especially the two bodhisattvas. don't miss this --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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a description if street life in seoul. the street for some people is a terrible place. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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the experience of a love hotel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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where i find out what happens to your mind when you are climbing a steep mountain side --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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find out why i loved the love hotel and seeing a pigs head stuffed with money, curious and curiouser --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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where i find the stone garden plus more at the korean homestay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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in this story most of a day is used to get to a place i first saw on a post card. it didn't disappoint. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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where i take you out to your first korean meal. bulgogi. a truly delicious meal. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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why do we change the comfort of home for the uncomfortable events we experiences during travel' --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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where i get lost in the world as a result of the death of my father and how i survived this experience --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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chapter 24, my second korean journey. interlude
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where i tell you about the pleasure of speed. please take care in listening to this. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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a story of korean memories and of saying goodbye --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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this podcast is about a meditation on my father's death --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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dearth and life. where we meet a seven meter tall Buddha sculpture and climb a high mountain to search for a piece of that korean heaven --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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'everywhere i go i seem to have special guest status'. my visit in and around kyong-ju and its treasures --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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Where i explain the way in which the korean people do sightseeing and how, for me, it turned into sighseeing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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chapter 17. 'do you know queen elizabeth the second?'
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where i experience a journey of the way koreans travel/sightsee --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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a short pause in the korean series to tell you about my parkinsons gift --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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where we slosh around the island and get wet and wetter and it doesn't matter, you can only get wet --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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chapter 16. postcard from cheju-do, a trilogy. part 3
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where we go on a journey in the continuous rain and accept that we can only get wet.... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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where we enjoy a meal at the seaside --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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chapter 15. post card from cheju-do, part 2.
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a evening visit to the foreshore with its numerous cafes and consequent stories --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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chapter 14. post cards from cheju-do. a trilogy.part 1
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a story from my adventures in cheju-do (island) which lies about 80 kms south of the korean mainland --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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on the way to winter, nature leaves a colourful wake --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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chapter 12, 'a symphony in A major, green'
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a story of a day in the country enyoing nature and yet another magnificent temple --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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chapter 11. 'wet,saturared, soaked, drowned'.
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this is astory about the korean monsoon and you will need a boat to navigate your way about it, or anything which assist you in floating in that immense water event --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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chapter 10. 'shopping in korea, is a full body contact sport'
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this is the amazing story of the very popular tongdaemun night market, which is a wonderful, strange, intense and a little crazy experience --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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in this chapter i am taking you on a journey across korea to the east coast and the temple of compassion, naksansa. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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chapter 8. "it is not so much the mysterious morning mist, it is the empiness"
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in this chapter i take you on a visit to my one of my favorite places in seoul, the museum of modern art. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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in this chapter i am looking for the reason why, if i am living a comfortable life, i swap that for s life with filled with strangeness, newness and come up with surprising answers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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today is sunday and a good reason to take a break. so instead of looking at korea, we will look at something a little closer, which i hope you will enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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chapter 6. 'eat delicately and with much flavour'
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in this chapter i spend some time discussing and explaining the wonder which is korean food and drink. the amazing variety and freshness and the joy expressed in the eating of it --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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what happened when spring exploded all over Seoul and how this changed the town overnight --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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in this chapter i relate how i came to visit my first mountain temple --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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in this chapter i have a closer look at the relationship the Korean people have with stone --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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this is part 2 of my korean readings and here i tell you about my first day in korea --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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chapter 1. getting lost and finding your way again
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my first podcast which will start off with a series of stories about my journeys to Korea which resulted in a book titled: Meditations on a korean odyssey --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/petrus-spronk/message
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