A tale of temples, traditional living and snake charming (hurling). Due to the magic of Korea’s education system, I found myself with a day off a few weeks ago. With winter approaching fast, I made the most of those last … Continue reading
A good friend recently pointed out how sick he was of our blog. He said that all we do is gush about how awesome our lives are, while making him jealous with our wonderful photos. It’s true, we do gush. … Continue reading
Last week Oli wrote about the incredible traditional fireworks we saw in the Hanok village of Hahoe. The performance really was like something from Lord of the Rings, and feeling like we had stepped into a new world was how … Continue reading
Earlier this week Jade updated you on what we got up to at the Andong mask festival. It was strange and wonderful, but only a preview of what was to come. So I thought I’d get you all up to date … Continue reading
Arriving on the August intake with EPIK meant that our first big festival, and there is a mind-boggling selection here in Korea, was the Andong mask dance festival. Our wonderful friends from Daegu, and some from further afield, were coming … Continue reading
Last week’s winner of insta-challenge weekly was…. Photo 2., the one and only Oli and his beautiful bamboo shot. So, it’s been another crazy week here in Korea. We celebrated our first month here and our first national holiday, all … Continue reading
I cannot quite believe that today marks one month of being in Korea! It has flown by, yet it seems like I have been here for a year already. In our beautiful apartments, in our beautiful garlic paradise, Oli and … Continue reading
At school here in Korea, we get lunch everyday in the cafeteria. It is awesome. Most of the time, anyways, and it means that each new day I am trying new Korean food. This is fabulous as you all know … Continue reading
Yesterday was Oli and I’s first Saturday in our new hometown of Uiseong (pronounced wee-song) and, after a glorious lie in, we decided to spend it exploring… We wandered aimlessly around the streets, stumbling upon warehouses piled high with the … Continue reading
Exploring Southern Ethiopia had proved to be an incredible adventure so far and it definitely wasn’t going to get boring anytime soon. We left Key Afar, it’s Thursday market, it’s invitations for tea and it’s cheeky kids, and we drove … Continue reading
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