Category: Travel
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Welcome to Yokota!
After a long flight, complete with a short stop in Seattle, we’ve made our way to Japan! While I feel this is the first step to achieving a long-aspired goal, I also approach it with some trepidation. We’re supposed to learn a new way of life, a new language, and a brand new culture! Korean…
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Texas Heat
Promptly after our departure from Korea, we started our vacation back home in Dallas, TX. It was 3.5 weeks of glorious foods, familiar culture, and most importantly, much-needed time with old friends and family. It was really nice to have Momma Do’s cooking again. She made me my favorites, including: bun bo hue, egg rolls,…
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Seonyudo Island
Seonyudo Island is only a ferry ride away from Gunsan, and it’s taken us this long to finally see it. We lament not finding this last summer, but glad we got to check it out before we left Korea. Clint, Jory and I caught the 10:30 ferry at the Gunsan Coastal Ferry Terminal. The trip took…
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Jeju Island
Last big trip in Korea before heading out! We booked a tour-guided trip to Jeju through the CAC on base. $1100 for a couple includes transportation (bus and airfare), hotel, and attraction fees for 3 days/2 nights. It was certainly well worth it! Day 1 We started the day at 6:30 am. Picked up some…
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Seoul and the Trick Eye Museum
Clint and I just spent what we think was our last weekend together in Seoul before our upcoming departure. We had a few events planned, but the rain inhibited a couple of things. However, spending a day discovering a new museum, an international food mart, and consuming copious amounts of great food pushed our endorphin…
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Jogae-gui For the Shellfish Enthusiast
One of our favorite Korean foods is jogae-gui (조개구이), or grilled shellfish. For $15-25/person, you get a variety of different shellfish for your grilling pleasure. Clint and I have been to several restaurants that serve this, and all are about the same in terms of food. The only variation lies in quantity for the price.…
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A Seoul-ful Birthday
Many women are troubled at the thought of birthdays after 25. There’s something about reaching the cusp of your 30s that causes anxiety. For some women, it’s the mere fact of being older. For others, it’s the looming question of, “Is my life where I want it to be?” For me, personally, it just meant…
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Onyang Hot Springs
For our belated Valentine’s weekend getaway, we opted for a hot springs spa hotel in Asan – Onyang Grand Hotel. The hotel boasts hot spring spas and saunas, indoor swimming pools, a bowling alley, and screen golf. Well, it sounds like the perfect resort! In reality, though, the place is quite dilapidated – almost depressing.…
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Vietnam is the Perfect Escape
It’s time to go back to school after winter break, and that means… free time to blog about my vacation! I spent two weeks in Vietnam, reuniting with my sister and experiencing everything the motherland has to offer. The food was wonderful and everything was crazy cheap! Nha Trang beach was beautiful and Saigon’s traffic…
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Daejeon Science Adventure
A preliminary search for space observatories queued up Daejeon as an option, so we got on a bus and headed that way. We’ve been to Daejeon twice now. The first time was to get my Alien Registration Card. The second time was because I lost my Alien Registration Card. Both times were quick trips –…
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Seoultastic
Our third trip to Seoul included the Lantern Festival, a visit to the Art Museum, the Namsan Tower, and the best lamb chops ever! Braai Republic Friends in Seocheon had been raving about a South African restaurant in Itaewon that serves lamb chops. This place apparently has a #1 rating on TripAdvisor for restaurants in…
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Korean Culture Experience Day
As part of our teaching contract, we are sometimes required to take trips to various cities in the Chungnam Province. Yesterday, teachers from all over the province converged in the city of Dangjin for a cultural day. Information given to us prior to this day was all very haphazard. No one knew complete details, but…
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