Taean Tulip Festival 태안 튤립축제 Two Saturdays ago myself and a friend found ourselves at Daejeon's main bus terminal very early with tickets to a small town on the coast called Taean. It was a long weekend for us so we figured we had to get out of Daejeon for a least one day…
When you're living in a country that's so homogeneous it's people took note when the foreign population jumped from 1% to 3% it's easy to feel like you're fighting a losing battle in terms of "fitting in" with the country and culture around you. In a bizarre turn of events, one of the hardest things…
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I arrived back in Korea to start my second year here on February 27th. We had our first day of the new school year on March 2nd, and it's now been about 7 weeks back at school. And those seven weeks have, unfortunately, seen some of loneliest most anxious moments while living in Korea. I…
Gyeongju Cherry Blossom: Video Here's a little video from my recent trip to Gyeongju to see the cherry blossoms! Hope you enjoy it!
Gyeongju Cherry Blossom Weekend This weekend I took a trip to Gyeongju to see the cherry blossoms! I mentioned in my March update post that last weekend in Seoul was really bad for whatever reason. So this little get away was exactly the refreshing trip that I needed. I had been wanting to visit…
How I Study Korean: Part 2 This is an update from a post that I did a long time ago titled How I Study Korean. That post covered my entire journey from when I first started up until August of 2017. Since then a lot has changed in the way that I study, but…
2 Year Blog Anniversary As hard as it is for me to believe that I've been in Korea for over a year, it's even harder for me to believe that it's been two years since I started this blog. When I started writing here I was a senior in college and Korea was still…
My First Winter in Korea: Video It's worth mentioning that I'm from Florida. So to be fair this is really the first winter of my entire life. I imagine that the freezing weather and snow get old after a few years but I have to say that I'm surprised how much I enjoyed the…
Since I've been slow on posts lately I thought I'd do another day in the life! This particular day was March 8th. I think it's possible that I'm still not over my jet lag since coming back from America because I found myself wide awake before my alarm had gone off at 6:00. No complaints…
I arrived in Korea two days before school started and that, of course, meant that when Friday morning rolled around I was still recovering from the jet lag. So the morning of the first day of school found me wide awake at 4:30am with plenty of time to chill a little bit before school started.…
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