Our route: http://app.strava.com/activities/84293192 Still catching up on the blog! Sara and I went to Bukhansan National Park, which is located right in Seoul. The highest peak around us is Bagundae Peak at 836m or over 2700ft. Now the hike was uphill for a long, long time. Getting to the park was easy as could be, especially…
Over the Chuseok break we were busy! All of the recent posts have just been from last week. Before we went to Bukhansan National Park to climb a mountain (stay tuned) we went out with Joanna and Yohann for Korean BBQ. So basically you just cook your food at your table, but the food is…
So after my bike ride on the military base, the evening followed with hanging out with Joanna and her husband Yohann at the Tongjin Chuseok festival. Which had a whole lot of food (of course it’s Korea) and some music and other performances. We stayed and watched the performers, then all of a sudden I…
We met up with some other foreigners , they make videos! We are featured in this one, check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lI2cA-VnNg Over our Chuseok break (Korean Thanksgiving) Sara and I tried to keep busy during the 6 days (5 for her) that we had off. We wanted to check out one of the many outdoor…
On Thursday September 19th I went for another road ride. Since I am still so new to the country and the area we live in I purposely try to get myself a little bit lost, or at least off the predetermined path I make on my GPS. I started my road ride the same way…
Here is the map of the climb: http://app.strava.com/activities/82789154 This Sunday was especially exiting. We finally had the opportunity to go rock climbing and explore. I have been looking at climbing crags for months leading up to leaving, and I printed out some Google maps directions to this crag in Gunpo. Which is quite the trip from…
We had quite the busy weekend! We went to Itaewon with our tour guide Joanna, someone we had met through our teaching predecessors. We got on the subway for the first time as well. There are a lot of lines, but I have to say the trains are extremely clean, and the stations are very…
When we planned for our year in Korea we did a lot of research. So often we read that you can’t find any western products here and you would need to pack everything you needed for the entire year! Many blogs and people said there wouldn’t be bread, not only can we find bread; we…
This week started off with a trip to the immigration office in Incheon. After driving for about an hour Sara, Sang Ho (co-teacher), and I arrived and basically handed our paperwork and medical check to an immigration officer and paid them. Done! South Korea has a lot of paperwork, what for is beyond me but…
My first bike ride in Tongjin-eup and heading towards Gangwha was interesting to say the least. To survive on the roads here one needs to be aggressive and hyper aware of everything that is happening around you. I left our apartment around midday Saturday with the goal to do a 32km loop heading north towards…
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