by bbeckel | Dec 13, 2013 | Korea
It’s been a while! I miss writing to you all, and once I let a couple weeks go by, I don’t even know where to start with an update. We’ve been keeping busy in the build up to the holidays. Here are a few mini-stories from our life in the last couple...
by bbeckel | Dec 3, 2013 | Korea
This weekend started December, and Patrick and I decided to get into the winter spirit by going for a drive to find the snow. I guess this is a common date activity – Patrick’s office mates told him he had to take his wife to Mt. Halla this weekend. So we...
by bbeckel | Nov 19, 2013 | Korea
Winter is coming to Jeju. Since last night, we’ve had start and stop rain, hail and general slush. It isn’t that cold (high 40s?), but the north winds and strong and ever-present. So it’s starting to feel like winter! We also just said good-bye to my...
by vfitzjarrald | Nov 7, 2013 | Korea
What a day! We travelled for quite a long time, just to go a distance equivalent to traveling from Colorado to Minnesota. Beth and I left Our apartment on Jeju at about 9:00am for our 10:40am flight to Seoul. Last week, my coworkers, William and Matthew, told us about...
by bbeckel | Oct 28, 2013 | Korea
This will be mostly a photo-post! I was trying to think of a way to share some of the silly, unusual, unexpected and just interesting things around us. So enjoy these little things. They make me smile almost every day around here! I know there are many more...
by vfitzjarrald | Oct 27, 2013 | Korea
Yes, the little “i” is correct, it’s the way we do things here in SK… Over the past few months, I have had coworkers, family, and friends all ask what I do everyday. That is one of the hardest questions for me to answer. During my work day, I...