by bbeckel | Oct 3, 2013 | Korea
For our Chuseok holiday (1 week break), we traveled around the Southern coast of mainland South Korea – our first visit to the mainland! There’s no way I can share all the details. Our week was packed full of activities. We stayed one night in each place...
by bbeckel | Sep 24, 2013 | Korea
First, to all my family, friends and readers not in Boulder County: please send any thoughts and prayers you can spare to the areas in the northern front range of Colorado. While all my close friends are safe, many are facing tens of thousands of dollars of damage,...
by bbeckel | Sep 11, 2013 | Korea
We decided to have a little picnic on the beach one night after school. We got a recommendation on where to go, and I packed up the traditional Korean picnic food – kimbap. Kimbap (or Gimbap, depending on how you anglicize the Korean characters) is just the...
by bbeckel | Sep 10, 2013 | Korea, Recipes
So I’ve been watching Korean cooking YouTube instructionals during the day. There are a few I really like – a mom who sends her daughters recipes so they can carry on their heritage, the young Korean-American mom who’s son runs around in the...
by bbeckel | Sep 9, 2013 | Korea
We’ve spent a couple nights in the last week trying some of the local cuisine with some of the other teachers. Both were different than expected, and we’re trying to learn to stop expecting, and just experience! On Wednesday night, we told another teaching...
by bbeckel | Sep 5, 2013 | Korea
Date envelope #2 gave us a map and some cash to help us get to one of the many Jeju Olle trails – a major network of more than 20 individual routes connected back-to-back to completely circle the island. We’re hoping to get through all the trails before we...
by bbeckel | Sep 3, 2013 | Korea, Recipes
Welcome to my first recipe post! Some of you have asked for some sharing of what I’m learning about Korean cooking. So far I’ve gotten some inspiration from places we’ve eaten out, from local and longer-term staff that have been here a while, and...
by bbeckel | Sep 1, 2013 | Korea
On Thursday night, Patrick and I ventured out trying to beat the incoming Typhoon (it’s a little one, they assure us!) – [edit: the Typhoon was a dud. We got good rain on Thursday night, but none of the main storm they predicted for Friday and Saturday]....
by bbeckel | Aug 30, 2013 | Korea
Sorry – no pictures on this one! Forgot my camera… Patrick and I attended our first mass this past weekend. We did a bit of asking around and found out that the main Cathedral in Jeju offers one English-language mass at 2pm on Sundays. Feeling like...
by bbeckel | Aug 26, 2013 | Korea
Whew – it was a busy Saturday! Patrick’s mom and sister gave us a really fun wedding gift of 12 envelopes, each stuffed with one “date” activity, including directions, admission fee, and a description of the place. We’re supposed to open...
