Slight tangent day. While my primary motivations for coming to Korea included food, nature, language, and historical sights (with a side line in music and drama), I also had a slight underlying ulterior motive for planning this trip; the idea of seeing how I felt about the country with an eye to potentially coming here …
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Museums, Millionaires, and Meat
Korean culture fascinates me. All aspects of it, good and bad. Having lived a ‘Western’ lifestyle my whole life, the idea that half-way around the world people are living lives based on an entirely different history from my country and with such vastly differing customs from my own intrigues and enthrals me. And yes, I …
A Diverting Day
Aigoo. The days are really slipping by aren’t they? Today got a little off track I have to say. Not that I can remember the actual plan I had, but I definitely know I got side tracked, which is a very easy thing to happen here. My morning kicked off with a trip to the …
Korean friends in the making
Today features what I believe will be a unique experience during my trip, I spent the day with a Korean person. Yes, you read that correctly. In fact, I spent time with two Korean people; a nice chap from my Kakao chat group and (later in the evening) his girlfriend. Before coming to Korea I …
Books and a Bumble About
When we are far away from home, we may look for the familiar to make us feel more settled or connected to the place we now find ourselves. When travelling, I have found my two comfort zones rest firmly between anything to do with books and anything to do with nature. Today, I went looking …
A Day of Porridge and Palaces
Just because I know you are all at the edge of your seats, let’s start with the important stuff – yes, I found the grocery store. Let us all celebrate for I have found the elusive food shop and now have eggs, tuna, Pocky and more packeted porridge that is probably good for someone. My …
The silent excitement of expectations being met
Well, that’s a rather hefty title for a post don’t you think? In truth, though I have literally only been in the country one full day, I have discovered that “the silent excitement of expectations being met” appears to be the theme of my South Korean travels. For each person that has asked me ‘How …
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Kerry's Korean Quest 