I meant to get back to vacation photos a while back, but every time i do, I get overwhelmed with the sheer number of them. Plus, I was trying to go in order and was up to Cambodia. I took more pictures here than anywhere else, AND it was the favorite place of our trip so I am having trouble picking photos to showcase. To makae it a bit easier, I just picked one of the Angkor temples to start with, ...

After a lovely morning adventure with my wandering pal, Lindsay, we headed to one of the best places to eat in Seoul: Gwangjang Market. Way back in January of last year, I showed you a few pictures of the food stalls in the market. But I hadn’t stopped to try any of the ares. I took my mom back to the area on a different adventures, but again didn’t stop to eat any food. Luckily, Lin ...

I took my cafe hunt down to the mighty Han River for a quick afternoon coffee. There are many river view cafes along the river, but we chose the one on Dongjak Brigde for its easy access. Definitely learned that we need to go back to watch the sun set and get some great night views of the bridge. And to go in warmer weather so we can take advantage of the roof deck.

There was a whole lot more going on than fishing at the ice fishing festival we went to in Inge. This post is but a taste of all the crazy winter fun to be had. One of the most popular activities seemed to be chair sliding. Partially because it was fun to glide down icy hills, but also because they doubled as places to sit while ice fishing. We didn’t think of this until it was too late. ...

We took a short trip out of the city this weekend to go to one of Korea’s big winter festivals. Along with my random wanderings, I also wanted to try to find something for Ian to enjoy. I saw a post for an ice fishing festival and decided it would be cool to check out. Doing a little research showed me there are tons of ice/winter festivals in Korea. Choosing was hard, but we settled on Inje ...

I have been having a lot of Korean adventures, but what I haven’t been doing is remembering to come blog about them. I usually wait for a comment or two on each post before doing another one, so the lack of activity has made me bad about posting… but I will try to do better about getting one up every other day or so as long as someone is still out there.

On Friday one of my best Korean pals, Lindsay (who writes a mean blog of her own) , and I went off in search of an owl-y adventure. And Seoul provided as with the perfect spot… the Owl Museum!

Over the recent Lunar New Year holiday, Ian and I had the chance to try out some traditional Korean folk games. I’ve profiles a few before: like Jegichagi, the Korean hacky-sack, and Neolttwigi, the seesaw jumping game,  but the game we are going to talk about today is Yutnori. Last Lunar New Year I showed you this picture:

Back when we went to the symphony, I saw a poster for a Chocolate Exhibit in the same complex. I decided that with my love of the stuff, I had to go check it out. I promptly forgot (I was in Thailand after all…) But then a friend posted a picture a month or so later and I was reminded about it. We took off for the exhibit over the holiday weekend since most places were closed. It was cut ...

Lunar New Year is almost upon us again. As Koreans prepare to go back to visit their hometowns, they also have to go shopping to find presents to bring along. I decided to go out and see what the cool things to buy this year were. An all time favorite is a basket of fruit, but another classic is the spam set: