Taipei in a day…
When did we go: July 2016 How many days: 5 Where did we stay: Chaiin Hotel Tzung Tung Fu How did we get there: China Airways direct from Incheon Disclaimer: […]
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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 […]
North to South: 4 days in Busan
For some unknown reason, Korea thinks that children are important enough to warrant a national public holiday, crazy I know. Luckily we more than happy to both critique this decision and take advantage […]
Ihwa Mural Village
Nestled on the slopes of Naksan (Nak Mountain or Camel Mountain) is one of the few remaining traditional neighbourhoods left in Seoul. These hillside villages, most lost to rampant development, […]
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). […]
A collection of Korean surprises
Here are a few of the more interesting and amusing things we’ve found:
Weekends in Seoul
3 months in… (actually, by the time I finished this we’re 4 months down. Blogs are time-consuming!) So far, most weekends we have made the 2-hour trek down south to […]
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 […]
alpaca our bags 