by bbeckel | Sep 10, 2013 | Korea, Recipes, Travel
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, Travel
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, 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...
