by bbeckel | Sep 5, 2013 | Korea, Travel
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, Travel
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, Travel
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, Travel
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, Travel
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...
by bbeckel | Aug 23, 2013 | Jeju, Korea, Travel
Here are two stories: our first hike and our first trip into the big (sort-of) city! (Warning: this is a long one!) The hike was much easier. We decided on Tuesday night to just take off and explore. We had seen some signs during our trip to Moseulpo over the weekend...
by bbeckel | Aug 22, 2013 | Jeju, Korea, Travel
First: thank you all for your concern! My luggage arrived on Tuesday and I have plenty of clean clothes now! And I think all our mailed packages arrived today, so we have all our stuff and are ready to go. Okay, cars and groceries isn’t a terribly inspiring...
by bbeckel | Aug 20, 2013 | Jeju, Korea, Travel
We’re starting to make of new apartment feel like home. Welcome to the tour! Shortly before we arrived, we got the news that they were going to upgrade us to a 3-bedroom apartment. It’s a big space! Which means we have plenty of room for guests –...
by bbeckel | Aug 18, 2013 | Jeju, Korea, Travel
We made it to Korea! I’m going to try to get out the first post here while I’m still trying to shrug off some jet-lag, so apologies if anything is a bit odd! I left Colorado early Thursday morning and flew to San Fran to catch this big plane headed to...
by vfitzjarrald | May 14, 2013 | Teaching & Administration
It is that time again, another post to round out a course from Hopkins. This course gave you an opportunity to practice a range of leadership strategies when making decisions. It required you to think politically, orchestrate collaboration among all stakeholders, and...
