by bbeckel | May 12, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
Tuesday, May 6, was Buddha’s birthday! Did you miss it? It’s not too late to send a card… For us, Buddha’s birthday meant a 5-day weekend. Woot! We celebrated by going Korean-style camping with some of our school staff friends. The tent (below)...
by bbeckel | Apr 9, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
A friend from home asked me the other day if we celebrate Valentine’s day and St. Patrick’s Day in Korea, so I thought it should be time for a holiday edition! St. Paddy’s day passed with no notice. We were away on our Service Learning trips, and I...
by bbeckel | Apr 5, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
Each spring, KIS students spend one week learning “without walls”. The elementary students (gr 1-5) spend time taking field trips around Jeju island. Grade 6 spent the week in Seoul and Sokcho – both in the northern part of South Korea. Older...
by bbeckel | Apr 2, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
Thanks for sticking with us, and apologies for the long break. I’m trying to go back and cover some highlights from the time we’ve been traveling and oh, so busy. For example, Patrick and I left our little apartment on March 13 and didn’t return...
by bbeckel | Mar 30, 2014 | Jeju, 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...
