Survive & Thrive in Korea
So, dear readers, when we last were together we were walking along the craggy Haeundae Beach coastline. Well, from there the walkway led to a tiny itsy bitsy lighthouse. The lighthouse looks out over a spectacular view that includes the Nurimaru APEC House. It’s a building that looks like it was ripped right out of […]
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Friday afternoons things jumped off for my weekend getaway at Seoul Station where I met my friend Jose. Seoul Station is one of the boarding stations for Korail’s KTX. The high speed train goes to the far flung corners of Korea. I had reserved my seat in the first class section a few days before. […]
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A month or so ago my friend Steve and I journeyed to the uppermost reaches of Seoul to visit our friend, Michael. Michael has the unfortunate, in my opinion, pleasure to dwell in one of Seoul’s satellite areas. He calls Nowon home and after being there I now know why it sounds so similar to […]
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This past weekend my friends and I went in search of the French village, Seorae, nestled in the heart of Seoul. I had heard of Seorae from my friend Rebecca who not only speaks French fluently, but also studied abroad in Paris. She eagerly wanted to find the small French enclave and her desire rubbed […]
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Over the weekend a friend and I went down to the Han river. Once there we kept on walking along the riverbank and under the highway overpass. I thought the area under the overpass was pretty great. The soil is all cracked and dried from the lack of rain, the weeds and foliage is dried […]
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Awhile ago, on a crisp saturday morning, I made my way down to Bundang Seoul. I was down there during my rounds of interviewing. My friends had warned me that Bundang was not really in Seoul proper, despite it being on the subway line. They were right, because it took quite a journey to get […]
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