Blogs from Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea, Asia - page 6

This blog is a collection of photos from the last few months here in Seoul. We've been quite busy switching jobs, sightseeing and tearin up the town on our newest purchase - a scooter!!! In addition, we have both landed side jobs teaching English to execs at Swiss Bank. Todd is also privately tutoring one of Korea's most famous comedians, Kim Yung Chul, who has become a friend of ours. Many of the photos are from our day at Gyeongbokgung Royal Palace, which was originally constructed in 1394. It's actually a huge village where South Korea's kings and over 2,000 palace workers resided for centuries. It is truly like stepping back in time. It was freezing on the day we went, but we agreed it's the coolest thing we've seen yet in Seoul. There are also ... read more

Todd's mother and sister, Teresa and Tammy, traveled from Seattle to visit us during the first week of April. Although Tammy has traveled around Asia quite a bit, it was Teresa's first time to the Orient. It was also the first time Todd and I have seen family in over seven months, so we were especially excited. They arrived late on Sunday evening, so we headed straight to Kangnam. They battled jet lag and stayed up with us for a few drinks at one of our regular spots, Big Rock, which is owned by our friend Andy. We shared their famous beer sampler and chatted with our dear friend Matty, who has been living and working in Korea for nine years. After many stories and much laughter, we all headed back to our place and went ... read more

To make a good trip, people usually plan because there are a lot of things that can be the problems in the trip. how you don't know about the place of trip is important problem. this should be high. because travel's good point is giving the fresh shock. For example, If you go to the familiar place where already you know all about the place, that can be the trip? that can give you pleasure? this is not the only important thing. speed also is the problem. both slow trip and fast trip have merits. but fast trip can be able to be the just watching and getting around strange place. so slow trip is the real journey.... read more

Well I’m finally in Seoul! I got in last Sunday evening after a great last weekend in Daegu. Came into Seoul and checked into my hotel. It was sweet until they told me that I could be getting a roommate so not to be surprised if someone comes in. I was just about to go to bed but the door opens and my roommate walks in. The next morning she hears my alarm go off and gets up and jumps in the shower. Whatever. She gets out of the shower and I get up and she’s standing there butt naked! WTF!!! Why do I always get the weirdos! The past week I was for training, which was way more intense than I thought. The first day was orientation to the company and then they informed us ... read more

We have had an amazing few months settling in. Seoul is a fantastic city that is growing and modernizing even before our eyes. The technology here is amazing - there is GPS navigation on every cell phone and every person on the subway has a mini portable tv playing the latest shows and movies. The food is very healthy, but also very spicy, as we learned all too well on our first few attempts! We can now eat without guzzling water after every bite and consider this a huge achievement. Some of our favorite dishes are bibimbap, which is rice mixed with vegetables and smothered in a spicy sauce, and traditional Korean barbecue, which is pork and beef that you cook at your own table. We also love kimchi, the famous spicy cabbage served at every ... read more