This past Saturday I had the opportunity to travel to Gyeongju with some passionate history students from Dong-A University in Busan. They’re our friend Joe’s students (from G’s birthday yachting experience) who wanted to share their Korean pride, culture, and history with Koreans and foreigners alike. This trip was an absolute steal at KRW 50,000…
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Naked and Afraid: Korea Edition
Get ready: today’s post has 50 + pictures. No, not nudie pics as the title might suggest – we’ll get to that later, though. I had planned on heading out to the beach yesterday. Blanket, towel, water, and sunscreen in tow, we headed out to Haeundae early Sunday afternoon to pick up a cell phone a…
PNU to Haeundae – Weekend Warriors II
Birthdays in Korea are a little bit more special – especially the first ones away – since we’re not surrounded by family and lifelong friends. Our new friends become our family quickly, and we try to make each other feel as special as possible. For G’s Birthday, we had a whirlwind weekend starting off at…
Weekend Warriors part I
“You’ll never see so many sunrises as you will in South Korea.” The past two weekends have been an absolutely wonderful blur. The first weekend was full of restful nights and international foods, and this past weekend was late nights and later departures. The CU on Friday nights (yes, a convenience store across the street…
The Universe
It’s almost as though Amy Schumer, Bill Nye, and the lovely gals from Broad City got together to write a sketch for me this past weekend. Just as I had written about missing the comforts of home, “the universe” decided to send me some things I’d been missing. Last weekend I met a fantastic young…
I dream in Skyscanner part I
I want to see everything and go everywhere. I’ve traveled pretty extensively throughout Europe, I’ve been fortunate enough to perform in China, England, The United States, and South Africa, and I still feel like I haven’t even started to see the world! Being in Korea just makes me want to jet set each and every week do a…
When your friends leave Korea
Well, it happened. Much earlier than I had anticipated, way earlier than I’d hoped, and so much earlier than I’m ready to understand. It was bound to happen. I had read many articles about it. Most foreigner friends don’t plan on staying in Korea for more than a couple of years, if that. I just…
Hair did at Hwamiju
Most of my friends are aware that when I’m stressed, frustrated, or bored I change my hair. My Mom does exactly the same thing, and it always seems to make me feel a lot better. Better to change your hair than eat your feelings, right? I had tried to get my hair…
How to meet people in Korea (or at least Busan!)
You’re going to have to kiss a lot of frogs before finding your Prince (or Princess!). Thankfully there is a mixed bag of great people in Korea. Photo by Joel Gale Photography I was very hesitant to write another list post but after the quick success of the last one (and e-mails from followers – thank…
La Bella Citta Busan
Have you ever had a meal so fantastic from start to finish that you felt like a changed person? After the most wonderful weekend checking out new corners of Busan, we were exhausted and disappointed upon discovery that the “Spanish Bistro” about which we had been wondering didn’t actually serve food (El Secreto – but…
The Roots
After using Korean Box Dye (which turned my hair black even though the colour was medium brown) I was a little nervous to cover my grays. I was going to wait and get some highlights once my 2nd paycheque came through, but when a colleague of mine popped over and plucked out one of my…
Ridin’ Solo
Not to quote Jason Derulo too hard (ahem…”Jason Derulo” – Jason Derulo), but the last few evenings I have been ridin’ solo through the big bustling metropolis of Busan (er – more like Ben Folds Five: “Rockin’ the Suburbs” in Hwamyeong-dong, Buk-gu). Yesterday I hit the gym before work which meant I either had a…