A few months back, I was on Facetime with my friend Blyss. She told me she was itching to travel. So she asked me when I'd be able to have a visitor and within the week had booked a flight to Korea. After months of waiting, she finally arrived at the end of January. On…
I'm doing my best to see as many colorful leaves as I can before they all fall to the ground and the cold grip of winter clenches around South Korea. For the very reason, I could not pass up an invite to spend my Saturday at the Gyeongsangnam-do Arboretum. This past weekend, I headed to…
Continue reading ➞ Autumn Adventures: Gyeongsangnam-do Arboretum
Some nights, you just don't want to cook. It's been a long week and you haven't made it to the grocery store, so your pantry is sparse. I think we've all been there. But what happens when you're a vegetarian and most restaurants near you don't have meat free options? Or when it's difficult to…
Continue reading ➞ Life in Jinju: Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants
Korea is a country of meat. Seriously, it's everywhere. And if it isn't meat, it's fish. And if it isn't fish, it's those sneaky ingredients like fish sauce or animal stock. It's nearly impossible to eat out. But despite all the meat and fish floating around, it is possible to be a vegetarian in Korea.…
As most of you know, Jared is not the first friend who has come to visit me in Jinju. When Hannah came, I was still new to Korea and didn't quite know what to do or where to go. But while I've gotten to know my city pretty well, there are still a lot of…
One of the biggest challenges I have living in Korea is finding food I can eat that wasn't prepared in my own kitchen. Living in a small city by Korean standards, my options for eating out tend to be pretty limited. After nearly five months of living in Jinju, I've become used to it and…
And just like that, four months has gone by. I can still remember sitting in the exact spot I am now writing my three month reflection post, amazed that three months had gone by so quickly. I've heard people say that the passage of time accelerates as you get older, and I am starting to…
Every time I think about how much time has passed since I moved to Korea, I am taken aback. While I don't feel that my time here has been dragging by, it also doesn't seem to be racing by as quickly as it has been. This week marks three months since I first arrived in…
Day in and day out, it's easy to lose track of how much time has passed. As each day comes and goes in my new life, I sometimes forget that it's already been over two months since I first arrived in Korea: excited, hopeful, and a little overwhelmed. Now, as I sit in my 4th…
Find any person and ask them their opinion on living in a city and I guarantee that they'll have one, whether they've ever lived in a city or not. I will be the first to agree, living in the city is not for everyone, and by the same token, living in a rural area (or…
Continue reading ➞ Life in Jinju: What City Life is Really Like
