Autumn colours in chilly Seoul

The leaves from the ginko trees in Seoul fill the sidewalks, and women with plastic bags can be seen collecting the nuts. Autumn is here, and the weather is getting drier and colder for each day. We have switched on the ondul heating in our apartment. Ondul is the traditional Korean heated floor, which is a nice way to achieve a warm house – as long as you don't sleep on the floor. Then it can be too hot for my taste.

This is Pampas Grass. Sometimes Koreans say that the sound of the leaves rubbing against eachother is the sound of autumn. The photo is from Nam San park in Seoul, as is the one with the small red maple leaves below.