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  • A Canadian and an American walk into a Nepalese restaurant in Korea. . .and get married!

A Canadian and an American walk into a Nepalese restaurant in Korea. . .and get married!

By michael|2019-11-12T08:12:55-05:00November 12th, 2019|Adventures, Korea|

When I came to Korea in April of 2018, marriage was probably the last thing on my mind. I won't bore you with the backstory in this post as I've discussed it in others. Suffice [...]

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  • Christmas in Korea: Spending the Holidays Abroad

Christmas in Korea: Spending the Holidays Abroad

By michael|2019-01-16T09:29:06-05:00January 16th, 2019|Adventures, Korea, Narratives, Winter|

There are many upsides to living in Korea and teaching in the public schools here.  The pay and benefits are excellent, the culture is interesting, the standard of living is high and the social life [...]

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  • Chuseok 2018: Korean Thanksgiving in Busan and Seoul

Chuseok 2018: Korean Thanksgiving in Busan and Seoul

By michael|2018-11-06T01:38:25-05:00November 6th, 2018|Adventures, Korea|

All things considered, Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday back in the States.  Fall is my favorite season, and where I grew up in Pennsylvania, it is a special time of year.  The brisk air, [...]

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  • Why U.S. citizens abroad need to vote in the midterm elections

Why U.S. citizens abroad need to vote in the midterm elections

By michael|2018-10-05T03:56:50-04:00October 5th, 2018|Korea, Musings|

This article will be published in of Gwangju News under the title "Why U.S. citizens in Korean should vote in the midterm elections."  But this applies equally to all U.S. citizens abroad.  You need to [...]

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  • A Hanoi Holiday: 8 Days in Northern Vietnam

A Hanoi Holiday: 8 Days in Northern Vietnam

By michael|2018-09-24T00:24:16-04:00September 22nd, 2018|Adventures, Korea, Narratives, Travel Guides|

I recently returned to Korea from eight days visiting Hanoi, Vietnam with my friend Clayton.  It was my third trip to Southeast Asia, having studied abroad in Taiwan in 2012 and visited Bali on vacation [...]

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  • An early summer weekend in Busan

An early summer weekend in Busan

By michael|2018-11-15T04:30:12-05:00July 3rd, 2018|Adventures, Korea, Narratives|

When I originally applied to EPIK way back in January 2018, I listed Busan as my location preference.  Not knowing anything about Jeollandamdo, where I currently happily live, I was intrigued by Busan's profile as [...]

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  • Early Days in Jeollanamdo: Gwangju and Mudeungsan

Early Days in Jeollanamdo: Gwangju and Mudeungsan

By michael|2018-05-31T21:32:15-04:00May 16th, 2018|Adventures, Korea, Narratives|

About three weeks ago, I began my EPIK placement in Jeollanamdo province at Nampyeong English Town.  Since then, I've been fortunate to have Labor Day, a long weekend, and to have made some great new [...]

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  • A Happy Accident: My EPIK placement with the Jeollanamdo Language Program (JLP)

A Happy Accident: My EPIK placement with the Jeollanamdo Language Program (JLP)

By michael|2019-11-10T20:04:31-05:00May 4th, 2018|Adventures, Korea, Narratives|

Update (November 11, 2019):  Since this post is one of the top hits for "Jeollanamdo Language Program" on Google, and thus the way most people are finding this website, I thought I'd post some up-to-date [...]

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