First trip to Seoul

First trip to Seoul

After their time on Jeju, Allison and Kate wanted to explore Seoul. Patrick and I decided to go with them and finally see the big city everyone keeps talking about! Despite living here more than 6 months, we’ve never seen Seoul. Here’s some quick stories...
Schools 2.0 (or just more industrialization?)

Schools 2.0 (or just more industrialization?)

As some of you may know, I read a magazine called “Geek Parenting.” I have generally been pretty happy with the writing and material produced by the Geek Parents for my $2/month. This past month, I was a little miffed (to say the least) by one of the...
Kate and Allison on Jeju

Kate and Allison on Jeju

More visitors! Last week we had an awesome visit from two of my best canoe-base friends – Allison and Kate. They were able to match up their work schedules to travel together and spent a week with us on Jeju and in Seoul before exploring on their own on the...
Honeymoon 4: Bangkok

Honeymoon 4: Bangkok

We finished our trip with two quick days in Bangkok. We were pretty tired by this point, but still in awe of the amazing history, markets, and thriving center of population. We were pretty tired in Bangkok. After a couple temples, we were beat and headed to the mall...
Honeymoon 3: islands

Honeymoon 3: islands

Stop number three was some islands off the east coast of Thailand. We flew into Koh Samui – known as a party island – and spent one night there before ferrying over to Koh Tau, known for its world-class SCUBA diving. Here are a few of our favorite pics...
Honeymoon 2: Chiang Mai

Honeymoon 2: Chiang Mai

We arrived in Chiang Mai on Christmas Day, about an hour delayed and had to wait another hour for our hotel pick-up. Not quite what we envisioned, but we still got checked in with time to get to a Christmas dinner. Here’s Dec 25-29 with elephants, zip lining,...
Honeymoon stop 1: Cambodia

Honeymoon stop 1: Cambodia

As most of you know, Patrick and I moved to Korea so quickly after our wedding that we didn’t really have time for the honeymoon we wanted – exploring Cambodia and Thailand. There’s no way I can share all the amazing stories from our 17 days away, so...
Jeju tourists: exploring with Jenn and Drew

Jeju tourists: exploring with Jenn and Drew

We just finished hosting our second visitors! It’s so fun to have old familiar faces around and sharing this sometimes-surreal life with them. My dear old canoe guide buddy, Jenn and her Australian husband Drew flew up from down under to experience some winter...

Quick updates

Hi all! It’s been too long again. We’re working hard on finishing posts about Japan (back in November!) and our honeymoon to Thailand and Cambodia. Problem is, they were both such full and amazing trips, it’s hard to get them into a shareable format....
(APP) Galaxy on Fire: Alliances

(APP) Galaxy on Fire: Alliances

I am pretty stoked about a new addition to my iPad, Galaxy on Fire: Alliances. Basically, we are looking at a RTS version of the Galaxy on Fire Sci-Fi RPG (which has two versions now and several expansions). Alliances just released in the US App store this week, and I...