Food Shopping
Johnnie and I go to the commissary on base for grocery shopping once a week. A commissary is a supermarket on a military base for military personnel and their dependents.…
Category: Korea
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Plugged In
When using electrical appliances in other countries, you have to be aware of the type of voltage and the type of plug. While there are many different types of plugs…
Our Ride Has Arrived
We shipped our vehicle from Seattle at the beginning of January and it arrived in South Korea last week. Because of Johnnie’s work schedule, we had to wait until today…
iRobot
Our apartment has nice (but fake) hardwood floors throughout, radiant floor heating under the fake hardwood, and no air circulation. This combination results in dust and dog hair settling everywhere,…
Gaegogi 개고기
Having Dulce here is a blessing for us but it’s certainly not easy for her. When we adopted Dulce, we had a fenced-in backyard that she could access any time…
Chipping Away at the Language Barrier
People in Korea speak Korean but their written language is called Hangul. For example, the Hangul form of “hello” is 안녕하세요 and the romanization of it (the way it’s pronounced written in the…
Heavenly
Sleeping in our own bed last night for the first time in months was heavenly. Compared to the rock-hard rented mattress that we’ve been sleeping on, our own mattress is…
Happiness is Snow and Household Goods
It snowed last night! I’m actually not a fan but freshly fallen snow does look pretty. Dulce hasn’t seen snow since she was about 4 months old. When we went…
Mounds of Dirt
Walking up the hillside towards our hilltop park, we pass by some odd circular mounds of dirt. There are no markings and no monuments, just the grass-covered domes. They are…
Home Sweet Home
Here it is – the tour of our apartment! Our household goods are still on their way across the ocean so the place is really bare. We didn’t ship much…