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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]
Chicken – moist and tender goodness
I have a rule when it comes to KFC; it goes something like this, “I only eat it 2 or 3 times a year”. The reason for that rule is clear, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fly Out Day / First Day In Korea
I’ve always heavily judged those people at the airport madly repacking their bags to get the weight of their bags down. It turns out moving to another country brings this […]
One more sleep to go…
…then we’ll be on le plane to Korea! I just need to remember that they too have shops there so I do not need to pack ALL of my things! […]
alpaca our bags 