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The Best Seasons to Travel to South Korea: Part 1: Autumn

“Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.” — William Cullen Bryant What’s the best time of year to travel

December 6, 2024
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Korea lifestyle Travel Week in Review

Life This Week in South Korea: November 11-17, 2024

Monday, Nov 11 Just a day. Tutoring, class, remote work, homework, studying, memorizing my presentation. The best part

November 18, 2024
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Why & How I Moved to South Korea

I know to long-time readers that this will be redundant. But recently I’ve had people on social media

November 14, 2024
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Life this Week in South Korea: November 4-10, 2024

Monday, Nov 4 A peaceful start to the week. I had the tutor in the morning so didn’t

November 11, 2024
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Life This Week in South Korea: Oct 28-Nov 6, 2024

Monday, Oct 28 Was supposed to go have a ct-scan follow-up to my kidney procedure back in June,

November 5, 2024
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Life This Week in South Korea: Oct 21-27, 2024

Note: I have self-nominated this post as the post with the least interesting pictures ever. You’ve been warned.

October 29, 2024
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Life This Week in South Korea: October 14-20, 2024

Monday, Oct 14 Ahh. Today were the writing and listening portions of the midterm. I MIGHT have passed

October 21, 2024
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Life This Week in South Korea: Oct 7-13, 2024

Monday, Oct 7 Today I did not do A Thing I had planned to do in the morning

October 14, 2024
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Life This Week in South Korea: September 30-October 6, 2024

Okay, I’ll say it: OCTOBER! WHAAAAT?!? Okay, moving on. Monday, Sep 30 Other than Drone Show Saturday, I

October 7, 2024
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Where Bloggers Live: Recycling in South Korea is Next Level!

Welcome to this month’s edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers!

September 13, 2024
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