Daejeon Cafe: Doodoodang / 두두당 Looks like we haven't quite seen the last of the cafe posts from my time in Daejeon. Today I'm bringing you a gorgeous cafe that's a little bit outside of the city in the Daecheongdam area. If you have a car or are willing to bus for a while…
Saying Goodbye Saying goodbye is something that everyone has to do a lot of in life, but still somehow feels uniquely painful. I still haven't gotten good at it, but I've gotten used to it. I said a lot of goodbyes when I left for college. Then when I started teaching English I became…
Day Trip to Gangneung // 강릉 After a very very stressful first week of English Camp, Saturday morning found me awake bright and early to catch a bus over to Bokhap terminal in Daejeon to meet a friend so that we could go on a little one day adventure up to Gangwon-do. For anyone…
My Korea Over the past two and a half years I have detailed a lot of my feelings about Korea on this blog. I am, by nature, an overly sentimental person and so looking back on my posts from when I first arrived in Korea they read as such. Overly sentimental. But the truth…
Daejeon Cafe: Lanovo // 라노보 (대동점) For the first time in a while I have a cafe that's not in Galmadong. So for those of you living on the other side of Daejeon, this one is for you! As far as I can tell there are a few of these…
한국민속촌 // Korean Folk Village Yesterday I ventured out of Daejeon to a place I've wanted to visit for a long time. 한국민속촌 is located in Yongin, a little outside of Seoul. From Daejeon it took me about an hour and 45 minutes to arrive at 신갈 station on bus bound for 수원. And…
Joyful Coffee // 즐거운커피 I know it's been a while but I'm back. And I have a new favorite cafe. At this point I have visited a lot of cafes in Daejeon. But a lot of the places I visit to write about for this blog, I don't go back to. 즐거운커피, however, is…
Spring: 벚꽃 The past few weeks we've finally gotten some warmer weather, the sun has started to show its face again, and the cherry blossoms have almost all come and gone. I don't know how I manage to nearly miss them every year but it seems like I'm always catching them at the tail…
Daejeon Cafe: Jou // 카페 조우 Hello friends I'm coming to you today with a post from a beautiful cafe with huge windows and tons of natural light. It was absolutely perfect for enjoying the first blue sky that day we've had in about a week. I came back to Korea last Saturday and…
Starting Year Three I'm back in Korea, back at my desk in the grade three teachers office at my school on top of the hill I have to climb every morning. Back to daily alerts from the government that is air quality is so bad you shouldn't go outside, and back to my tiny…
Hours and Miles 