A few weeks ago, my friend took a sunrise hike through a gorgeous trail that I had never known about. She said it was quick and easy, so I thought I’d give it a go for sunset!
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I decided that I wanted to get out of Seoul, and possibly Korea, this week. A simply train ride got me as far as Switzerland!
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The Maxmini-um Guesthouse is located right next to Sogang University, about a 10 minute walk from Sinchon Station and maybe 15 minutes to Hongdae.
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I have been to Ansan numerous times, but have always gone with the goal of getting to the top to take in the spectacular view of Seoul. What I didn’t know, is that had I taken just one right turn instead of left…
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Mangwon is one of my favorite neighborhoods to explore and here are a few of my favorite things :)
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Last week, I decided to visit a town I hadn’t been to in about two years. It’s famous in Korea for its history, its food, and its beauty: Jeonju.
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Early one Saturday morning Kurt and I took a bus over to Seochon, a neighborhood we both love, to visit Tongin Market.
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I visited a few old favorites and new finds recently and brought you all along :) Here is all the info about the bookstores I visited in the video but it by no means scratches the surface of the bookstores in Seoul!
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Last week I boarded the KTX from Seoul Station at 7am to head down south to Yeosu! Our train arrived at Yeosu Expo Station around 10:30am where I took a taxi to the Hamel Lighthouse!
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On a gorgeous Thursday morning I hopped on a plane to Jeju Island. This was my fourth trip to Jeju and I still haven’t scratched the surface!
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On my way back to Seoul from Edinburgh, I had a 19 hour layover in Helsinki with Finnair. Yes, I chose this flight plan! I wanted a chance to see Helsinki no matter how brief and I’m so glad I did. Here’s what I got up to:
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With our “city” part of the trip behind us, we headed out west for a week of western Scotland. Thank god Kayla is an amazing driver - this trip literally could not have happened without her!
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At the end of September, I visited Scotland with my best friend Kayla who lives in Pennsylvania. We figured Scotland was a good in between point for us and we finally found time to make the trip happen!
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Sometimes I just get the itch for a bus ride, and a few weeks ago I had one of those itches. I took a 3 hour bus from Nambu Terminal in Seoul to Hoengye (횡계) Terminal near Pyeongchang. I was off to see some sheep!
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Since my husband was in America for business, I decided to take a trip too and finalyl go back to my “hometown” of Fukuoka after over 7 years. I had been an exchange student there during the summer of 2009 and was lucky enough to visit again for a long weekend in 2012.
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One of the things I love most about traveling in Japan is their trains. During my trip to Fukuoka, I decided to hope on the Yufuin no Mori train (Yufuin’s Forest Train) to visit the mountain town of Yufuin for the day.
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On a blustery Friday in July, I took a bus to Suwon located just an hour south of Seoul. I decided to finally explore the famous Hwaseong Fortress and the surrounding area.
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On a hot Friday in July, I decided to hop on a bus heading south and explore the city of Gunsan. The ride is about 2.5 hours from the express terminal in Gangnam so I headed out early and arrived in North Jeolla Province around 11am.
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[IMPORTANT] I am writing this based on the process my husband and I went through at the end of 2018. I am a United States citizen and my husband is a Korean citizen, and we are located outside of the US at the time of filing. If you are not a US Citizen and you are located within the US at the time of filing, the information you need will be different so please only use this as a reference if you are a US Citizen outside of the US, filing for a foreign spouse. Thank you!
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Since I hadn’t been to the DMZ since I was a student in 2012, I decided it was about time for a refresher course and a visit to the border of North Korea. Imjingak is accessible by public transportation, so I woke up early Friday morning and headed North!
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