Daejeon Cafe: Kafé Wave // 카페 웨이브 This is a cafe that I've actually been going to for a long time now. Located in Galmadong, Kafé Wave is a surf/vintage inspired coffee shop that offers a more chilled unpretentious vibe than a lot "pretty" cafe's in Korea. Plus the drinks are really good. One…
October Update: Some Favorite Things One of my favorite things to do is listen to people talking about stuff that they love. A lot of people on the internet use these kinds of posts or videos to talk about products they love or are selling. But for this month's update post I decided to take…
Daejeon Cafe: Interview Mansion//인터뷰맨션 It's been a long time since I made a cafe blog post, but I'm back with what might the most beautiful cafe I've been to in Daejeon. The aesthetic was exactly my style and the coffee was excellent. Interview Mansion is the sister cafe of Interview which is also located…
It's not your fault. As teachers I know it's easy to think that is, but it's not. Well some things are, of course. We are responsible for ourselves and responsible to always try to make the best lessons we can and do right by our students. But for anyone teaching in a public school,…
September Update: Mom Comes to Korea! Brace yourselves ladies and gentlemen this is going to be a long one. September was eventful to say the least. In the beginning of the month at school I was enjoying the accidental success of a particular lesson for my grade one classes that I expected to flop…
August Update: Summer Break August was a very transitional month. We finished English camp, I got my eight days of summer vacation which I spent relaxing at home, and we started the second semester back up at school. Everyone seems to finally be falling back into their regular routines and as we do the…
Daejeon Cafe: Cafe Jota//카페 좋다 Back today with another cafe! And another cafe in Galmadong at that. It seems like Galmadong is the place to be for small trendy cafe's recently. We were actually trying to go to another cafe in the area that I've been wanting to post about for a looong time but…
Daejeon Cafe: 100 Sheets // 100시트 Back with another cafe post! This time it's 100 Sheets Pancake Club in Daehungdong. Despite being a pancake cafe neither my friend or I were hungry enough to buy pancakes so I can't speak to how they taste BUT they looked amazing. And when my friend asked the…
Why I Love Living in Daejeon, Korea (And why I'm glad I DON'T live in Seoul.) I officially got my Daejeon placement from EPIK on December 14, 2016. My immediate reaction was to start frantically searching for cool cafe's and restaurants and try to figure out where in the city I was hoping to…
Dear New EPIK Teachers, I think a lot of you will be walking into your schools to work for the first time on Monday. It wasn't all that long ago that I did the same exact thing and to be perfectly honest I'll be walking into school again on Monday with my own set or…
Hours and Miles 