Part 3 Before I begin... it's been brought to my attention that I am writing far too much in this blog about the minute details. So, I am going to try and trim a bit of the fat and give you just the chewy middle bits, instead. We'll see how well I do? The final day at Miette Hot Springs Resort started with a late snooze, a quick dip in the swimming pool of love with six-other travelers all in their 70's and then we checked out at the front desk. Two-hundred and ten dollars later, we were off to the Soft Rock Cafe in Jasper to eat breakfast and use the internet. We'd been off the internet for three-glorious days but needed a bit of reality check, to be certain that life was going ... read more

It's a super simple idea... Sell all of your things, move to South Korea to teach english! except no one predict the bumps in the travel road between moving out of Calgary and actually reaching our destination at Gyeonggi English Village. So, while we try to avoid confrontation with the in-law's while crashing in their home, we've decided to take short trips around Northern Alberta, to pass the time! PART 1 Since, I have never been to Jasper National Park and Shauna hadn't ever been to Miette Hot Springs, we packed up the rental car (which will cost two arms & a leg in the end) and drove the 3 1/2 hours West, to enjoy the views surrounding the Northern Canadian Rocky Mountains! Jasper, is a small tourist town, with it's tourist season being in the ... read more

On Monday the 28th of June, we received a phone call from our recruiter Asia’s personal assistant explaining to us that we needed to obtain transcripts from the Art Institute of Seattle to complete the requirement for the 4-year Bachelor’s degree because the official transcripts from Australia plus my original bachelor’s diploma wasn’t sufficient enough. Then the following day, I spoke to Asia and she emailed to us two more Health Statement forms for both Shauna and I to fill out because somehow the first one’s we sent were not the correct Health Forms, too! The kicker is Shauna nor myself even thought about obtaining the Art Institute transcripts because the original diploma was included in the paperwork plus all the other random papers that we were trying to obtain seemed more important or at ... read more