A View of Seoul
Seoul is the capital and the largest city in South Korea. Almost half of South Korea’s population lives in the vicinity of Seoul. It is the political, financial, educational, and…
Dongdaemun Fabric Market
Last week while in Seoul, my friend and I went to the amazing shopping district called Dongdaemun. According to my Lonely Planet Seoul guidebook, Dongdaemun has “over 30,000 stores and…
Buraksan Park
Johnnie is home!! He’s been TDY for the past almost 6 weeks and finally returned on Friday evening. If you’ve been following our blog, you can see that I’ve kept…
Festival Eats and Treats
There were a lot of interesting things to see at the Hangang Yeouido Spring Flower Festival in Seoul! There were many food vendors set up selling unique foods that I’ve…
Signs of Spring
Spring is in the air! The weather is finally starting to warm up and things are starting to bloom. The first two photos, taken in the city we live in,…
Convenience Stores
There seems to be a convenience store on almost every corner here and most of them have English names. These stores are packed full of sodas, juices, candy, cookies, chips,…
Photo Challenge: Side Street
Self Imposed Photo Challenge: pick one side street in town and find something of interest or beauty to photograph ******* “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” ~Confucius
Comida Mexicana
The variety of restaurants in our small town is amazing. You can find whatever nationality of food you’re in the mood for. The establishments themselves are all vastly different. Some…
Roots, Twigs, and Berries
There were many vendors set up near the entrance of Gyeryongsan National Park where we went hiking last week. Street vendors are extremely common here but these particular vendors weren’t…
Live Octopus Dinner
Earlier this week I went with some of my coworkers to a new octopus restaurant in town. It is a restaurant that serves primarily octopus in a variety of forms.…