Shannon’s Mom Comes to Visit
Shannon’s mother, Shirley, came out to visit us at the end of October to celebrate Shannon’s birthday, which is October 28th. Shirley doesn’t
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Kimchi 김치 – No Blog about Korea is Complete without this Page
I’ve been flagged. I’ve covered about 8 months of my time in Korea, and I still haven’t done the requisite kimchi page. Very
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Day Trip to Jinju 진주 Lantern Festival
On a brisk Saturday, we caught an early train to the city of Jinju, which has a beautiful lantern festival once a year.
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Busan International Film Festival
2013 marks the 18th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), one of the biggest in Asia. This year almost a quarter-million people came to
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October Full Steam Ahead
Not too hot and not too cold – the weather is just right for getting outside and it’s festivals galore this month –
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Japan Trip – Kyoto
After 2 nights in Nara, we moved on to Kyoto, Japan’s capital after Nara. Kyoto has an unbelievable amount of cultural treasures and
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Japan Trip – Osaka and Nara
After Kobe, we took a short train ride back to Osaka to stay one night before making our way to Nara to meet
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Japan Trip – Kobe
After a couple days in Osaka, we caught a train to Kobe, which is most famous for it’s Kobe beef. We walked over
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Trip to Japan – Osaka
It’s time for Chuseok 추석 in Korea, which is often described as Korean Thanksgiving. It occurs on the full moon (usually) in September
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The Sun Sets on Summer
It’s early September and the days of laying on the beach without a shirt and playing in the water without freezing are numbered.
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