1 Year in Korea: My Favorite Moments
Reading Time: 6 minutes Can you believe I’ve already been 1 year in Korea? I certainly cannot! Time truly flies and I am looking back on all the great things that happened during this one amazing year! In this post, I put together a collection of all the awesome moments I got to experience living in South Korea for…
Getting Ready for Chuseok: How To Make Songpyeon
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chuseok, Korea’s most important holiday, is right around the corner and people are getting ready to celebrate with their families and honoring their ancestors. To get into the right mood, Jeongsu and I decided to make one of the many traditional Korean snacks for the festival: Songpyeon! If you don’t know how to make songpyeon…
A Visit To The Cheongju Early Printing Museum
Reading Time: 3 minutes When in Cheongju, you’re going to see one name pop up all over town: Jikji. But who or what is that? I finally made it to the place with all the answers: the Cheongju Early Printing Museum. My new Korean hometown is famous for being home to Jikji, the world’s oldest extant book printed with…
The Top 10 South Korean Foods To Try
Reading Time: 4 minutes Korean cuisine is famous all over the world and seems to be quite “in” at the moment as you can see it being featured in many “Asian fusion” restaurants in major cities around the globe. However, it’s still not quite that common and easy to find in the West, especially where there isn’t a large…
How To Land a Top ESL Position in Korea
Reading Time: 5 minutes Moving to Korea is the biggest highlight for me this year. Mostly because it’s going to be a huge change in my life and in the relationship with Jeongsu. We’ve been in a long-distance relationship for over 1 year and it was starting to get onto us. Therefore, I decided to try my luck and find…
