Aliens – that’s us! The Korean Immigration process
Oh, the joys of immigration… just when you thought the mountains of paperwork from applying for EPIK was fun, there’s more to come! A part of teaching in Korea is […]
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Why we chose EPIK
Once we had decided we wanted to take a gap year from our day to day working lives, the next decision was how to do it. Since we had financial […]
What to bring to Korea (Clothes edition)
Well, the last blog post just ended up being way too long so I’ve split them up. Here is the post for the non-clothes things to bring to Korea. #1 – […]
What to bring to Korea (non clothes edition)
I read so many of these lists before we made the move to Korea, so I thought I would add to the collection online. Also, this is a bit more of an […]
The joys of #borderlife
So getting used to a new country was always going to have its challenges. Like getting used to a keyboard where the buttons either side of the spacebar change the […]
Jeongok- where we currently call home
Our home for the year is Jeongok (전곡) a small town on the banks of the Hantang River. Home to around 20,000 people and situated just 15km from the North Korean border, […]
Our Schools
Chris’ School. I teach at Cheongsan Middle School, a small school about 5-minute bus ride out of Jeongok, the town we are based in (blog on our town to follow). […]
Our apartments!
Since Chris and I weren’t married, we didn’t end up getting accommodation together. However, we were pretty lucky to be only 5 minutes down the road from each other (and […]
Start of school
Soooo we are now two days into being actual teachers and things are on the way up. Why on the way up you may ask? WELL: Sarah’s first two days […]
Bathrooms, Towels and Other Stuff
We had a number of ‘discussions’ while packing for this adventure about what to bring and what to leave behind, one of those revolved around towels. Sarah was determined to bring a […]
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