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I got the idea for a travel journal when I was in Thailand. I met a girl in Bangkok who kept a travel journal. She carried it with her on her trips and took time to add to the journal while she was traveling. I absolutely loved the idea, especially since I'm not a fan…
Purchasing a TEFL course through the link here will result in us receiving compensation. We appreciate you trusting our opinion on the products that will help you teach and travel in 2020! Before I became completely overwhelmed with the end of my teaching semester and my graduate school semester, I was talking to some different…
I'm really happy that my first expat interview is someone I can say is a close friend of mine. We spent our first year abroad together. Sam was a fellow teacher at the Jinju Mirae Center who recently made her way back to the United States after spending a year teaching English abroad. For Sam's…
Everyone's experiences of living abroad are different. Us expats live in different cities, countries, and all come from different backgrounds. For that reason, I thought that it would be fun to chat with different expats about their experiences. Over the next few weeks, I will be sharing the expat experiences of different people I have…
I think Autumn is finally ariving in Jinju. I woke up this morning to some crisp air drifting in through my window, and my walk to work was pleasant, coming in at about 62 degrees. Saying goodbye The last month has been busy. I started September getting to know my new coworkers and getting ready…
I don't write much anymore. It's not that I don't have the time, and it isn't writer's block. Each day, I just find I have less and less to say. Recently, I hit my one year mark in Korea. I tried to write something about it. Something deep and reflective on how this past year…
When I think about the homesickness I sometimes feel, it almost always is rooted in a deep nostalgia. "Nostalgia is dangerous." That was the topic of a lesson in my expository writing class my senior year of college. And in many ways that is true, but I've always been one to romanticize the years 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…
Early in December, my coworker asked me if I would be interested in taking a trip to Ulsan the weekend before the new year to go to their light festival. Wanting to see more of what Korea has to offer, I quickly agreed. So in the week leading up to our planned trip, we arranged…
