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...
by bbeckel | Feb 26, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
After their time on Jeju, Allison and Kate wanted to explore Seoul. Patrick and I decided to go with them and finally see the big city everyone keeps talking about! Despite living here more than 6 months, we’ve never seen Seoul. Here’s some quick stories...
by bbeckel | Feb 20, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
More visitors! Last week we had an awesome visit from two of my best canoe-base friends – Allison and Kate. They were able to match up their work schedules to travel together and spent a week with us on Jeju and in Seoul before exploring on their own on the...
by bbeckel | Aug 23, 2013 | Jeju
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
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
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 –...