If you end up staying in Korea for a while, eventually those people back home who threatened you with, “Oh, we’d love to visit!” unexpectedly actually do so.  What was once a very far off, misty idea ends up being a very real challenge to your daily life.  Suddenly, your family pops up at the airport, expecting you to drop everything and play master tour guide.  

Pinenuts and Pansies: Tea in Seoul May 27, 2010 by cocobusan Cup of tea? . How about a bowl? Cinnamon, ginger, and three floating pinenuts…

Seoul Blues (& Greys) May 26, 2010 by cocobusan | My favourite colour, in all its shades.

If you were leading a Confucian dynasty called the Joseon, and it was 1394, and you built a palace called Gyeongbok that housed kings and queens and princes, and hosted foreign envoys and government meetings and royal weddings, and at its peak grew to a sprawling complex of 330 buildings that comprised Korea’s power structure, you might want to consider hiring a few dudes lik ...