We officially welcomed the cold weather in Korea this week, and what a change it was! Last weekend we were walking around in t-shirts all weekend and this week I'm desperate for a winter jacket! Luckily by the weekend, the sun came back (the wind didn't go away, but at least it wasn't tooo cold!)! Since we were both feeling better we decided to finally go hiking on Saturday. We had been noticing that at one particular stop of the subway, there were always hikers getting on and off so we decided to get off there and try our luck! We [View Full Entry]

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So every year Tim Horton's hypnotizes the nation with their Roll up the Rim to Win contest and people will go out of their way to get their cup of coffee that just might get them a free donut or coffee...if they are lucky. I, for one, have never had any luck with this contest and have become immune to it's power (besides the fact that I don't like being told that i'm a loser repeatedly! lol). I thought I was stronger than the rest in my ability to resist going, because I never won anyways. Well, this has all changed [View Full Entry]

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Mike and I spent this past weekend exploring the city of Gyeongju, regarded by many Koreans as one of the most important cities in the country. Gyeongju is about an hour north-west of Yangsan and we got there by bus (the ticket for which cost a mere 3,700W!). During the Silla Dynasty (57 BC - 935 AD), Gyeongju was the capital of the country, so it holds many important remains of that period, so long ago. The weekend started with me being a little sick but we decided to make the trek anyways, because the beautiful colours of fall make this [View Full Entry]

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From Mom and Dad: Just a couple things that I didn’t mention on our take on Korea. Firstly, on our visit to the worlds largest department store . I’m not sure about all you other guys, but when I go to a mall, all of a sudden my knees start to hurt, which they normally don’t. Maybe it’s a sign. Picture this place the size of a Sears, but each floor is dedicated to a specific department. There are 14 floors. Granted the top 3 are a golf driving range. Still this place was huge. My knees were really acting up. [View Full Entry]

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Cheryl and I are back from our trip to S Korea to visit Danielle & Mike on their Great Korean Adventure. It was an awesome experience. We are so glad that we decided to go. It was great to see Danielle & Mike. Although they have only been gone for a couple months, we missed them very much. I looked to us that they are having a great time, and are adjusting well. It is such a different culture there, I’m sure there were moments that were difficult but they seem to have handled it fine. We’re not sure if we [View Full Entry]

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October has been an exciting month for us here, and it only got better when we found out my parents were coming for a visit!! They arrived in Yangsan on Wed. Oct. 21 and left the following Monday, and in that short time, we let them experience as much of the Korean culture as possible. They had a great trip and loved Korea :) Love Motels Yangsan is a small city by Korean standards (about 400,000 maybe?) and so there are no hotels in the city, only motels and we were lucky because a new one had recently opened down the [View Full Entry]

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Hello family and friends! How are things back home? Things here have settled down a bit in the last couple weeks after a busy first month and a half here! We're a little behind on the blog, but here's an update of the past few weeks! Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) October 8-16th, Pusan became the host of the 14th annual PIFF, the largest film festival in Asia! We took advantage of this and went to see a couple movies that we participating in the festivities. The first film was called "Deliver us From Evil" and was a Danish film about [View Full Entry]

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Hello folks! First off, we would like to wish a big Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family celebrating back home this weekend! We will certainly be thinking of you this weekend and the delicious turkey we will be missing! Now, here in Korea, last weekend was their version of Thanksgiving, better known as Chuseok, or Harvest festival (it occurs on the full moon of the 8th lunar cycle). We decided to take advantage of a 4-day weekend and boarded the Soul train for a few days of exploration in the booming metropolis boasting [View Full Entry]

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But being the wise people that we are, we aren't about to post it on the web for just anyone to see!! SO, if you are interested in our address, please send us a message (not a comment - messages are private) and we will send you our address!! Also, if you haven't already, add us to Skype! daniellebeaugrand and thesmittyguy are our nicknames. One other note - some people have mentionned confusion about commenting on the blog and where the comments go. Well, when you comment (and we love to get comments, so thanks for commenting!) the comments come back [View Full Entry]

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I thought I would write a blog with some more info about my school now that I have been there for a few weeks. Those of you who are teachers will get a kick out of some of the things they do here (and I don’t necessarily mean that in a good way!). There are just over 1000 students in my school, and I teach every single one of them! I teach the first years every week and the second and third years only every other week - so most students I only see twice a month! Students here wear uniforms [View Full Entry]

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