by bbeckel | Mar 30, 2014 | Jeju, Korea, Travel
Korea celebrates lunar (Chinese) New Year, so at the end of January, we got a 5 day weekend. (We’ll also get to celebrate Buddha’s birthday in May, so that’s pretty cool.) We wanted to get out, but needed an “easier” trip, so decided to...
by bbeckel | Feb 26, 2014 | Jeju, Korea, Travel
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...
by vfitzjarrald | Feb 24, 2014 | Teaching & Administration
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...
by bbeckel | Feb 20, 2014 | Jeju, Korea, Travel
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...
by bbeckel | Feb 17, 2014 | Korea, Travel
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...
by bbeckel | Feb 6, 2014 | Korea, Travel
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...
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by bbeckel | Feb 3, 2014 | Korea, Travel
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,...
by bbeckel | Feb 1, 2014 | Korea, Travel
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...
by bbeckel | Jan 28, 2014 | Korea, Travel
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...
by bbeckel | Jan 26, 2014 | Korea, Travel
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....
