Spring in South Korea, 2021

Well spring sprang with some cherry blossoms. Waffle also ran a lot. We found literally the best bakery in the area near our house, which is so fresh, so tasty, and not too sweet! Waffle went to the park Waffle slept Waffle shedded We ate with our friend, “Sushi Hee”, in Gangnam A new place…

Leaving Korea After 5 Years

This one is a hard one to write about. After only 6 months living in Seoul, my company decided to relocate me back to the United States. This caused a significant amount of stress as we scrambled to work on Summer’s immigration status and get everything in order to move – in 30 days. Such…

Paris, France: November 2016

Paris.  Save the best for last, right? We left Amsterdam early in order to have most of the day to do stuff once arriving in Paris.  We took the high speed train and I was so excited at first thinking it was going to be some cool new French train but it ended up being…

Amsterdam, Netherlands: November 2016

The only direct flight from Kiev to Amsterdam on a reputable airline was at 5:30AM on KLM, which was fine by us since we wanted to get out of Ukraine. These are two stamps I’m proud to have in my passport, because it displays the trials and tribulations of Ukraine.  Hahaha The airport in Amsterdam…

Kiev, Ukraine (Chernobyl): November 2016

Where to even begin…. Two friends of mine and I started planning a trip to Europe months ago but weren’t sure when we would go.  In planning the trip one day I said “do you know what would be crazy?  Let’s go to Chernobyl.”  Surprisingly both friends were on board so when the time came…

Da Nang, Vietnam: November 2016

After Tokyo, the following Thursday Ha Hyeon and I went to Da Nang, Vietnam!  It was Veteran’s Day holiday so it was the perfect excuse to spend a 3 day weekend out of town. This particular adventure starts with boarding the plane – we went through but I guess we got upgraded so they switched…

Tokyo, Japan: November 2016

Right after Germany I traveled to Tokyo with some friends – I have been wanting to go to Japan ever since I moved to Korea, knowing that it was only a two hour flight.  But for some reason, I just never got around to going.  The tipping point was a friend of mine used to…

Singapore: October 2016

Long time no post!  After Thailand my parents joined me in South Korea for a week, then I traveled back to the states for a friends wedding a week after that.  Since then, I haven’t left the country!  I started to think I was going to go crazy – thankfully I didn’t!  A friend of…

Busan, South Korea: May 2016

Last weekend was a three day weekend, so I took the opportunity to visit Busan with a friend! Busan is the second largest city in South Korea.  It’s also the furthest south.  The best way to get there is by the high speed rail line, the KTX.  As we were traveling I noticed we inched…

Donghae, South Korea: May 2016

Last weekend I went with some friends to Donghae.  Donghae is a coastal city on the East coast of Korea.  There are trains that go that direction but it takes forever, so instead we drove! This was my first road trip in Korea and I will definitely say I’ll do it again – next time…