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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…
Jeju Day 2: The Rainy Day Our second day on Jeju Island was the rainy one. We woke up to light misty rain that pretty much kept up throughout the entire day. For breakfast we went to a cafe that I looked in pictures to be the "bagel cafe of dreams" (for a bagel…
Here's a little video I put together from myself and my sister's quick trip to Kyoto. I hope you enjoy it! 24 Hours in Kyoto
When I arrived in Hong Kong I didn't have much by the way of expectations. I was mostly just excited to finally see my sister after 8 months. But apart from that, I didn't research too much about what to see in the city. So when my friend suggested doing Lantau Island one day, I…
After an incredible day in Florence, about which you can read here, we headed off to Rome. Rome itself was, of course, historically mind-blowing. Coming from the US where our history is only a short 200 years, something like the Colosseum is almost hard to understand. But it wasn't the Colosseum or the aqueducts that did it…
I recently discovered an old hard drive of mine where almost all of my photos from high school were stored. Looking back through them has been a serious walk down memory lane, but it has also been fascinating to see pictures that I had completely forgotten existed. I've looked back through my Peru and Korea…
Okay that's not really true. Your family wants to see your photos, and your friends and roommate might. But the reality of coming back after traveling is often not the glorious homecoming we hope it will be. There comes a moment when you realize no matter how hard you try, that photo will never hold the same meaning…
This weekend we went on an adventure. Adventure though, I'm coming to realize, was somewhat killed by the invention of the smart phone. Because while yes, we were sitting in a cafe in a rural city in Southeast Korea not sure where we'd be sleeping that night and not sure where exactly the train terminal was,…
Continue reading ➞ The Weekend Adventure: Part 1 경주 Gyeongju
This is my view as I write this post, upstairs from a cafe in Gangnam. And even as I write this I don't really believe that I'm here. It's weird to have loved a country from afar for so long and to finally be here. It's weird that I know so much about this city and…
Continue reading ➞ Korea: First Impressions of a Country That Doesn’t Feel So Foreign
Hours and Miles 