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Next Stop...Olympics

This past weekend a group of Madisonians ventured out into the Korean wilderness to test their hands (and feet) at the great outdoor sports of skiing and snowboarding. Some met fates of disaster, others of glee, but everyone was in agreement that all fates that befell them were replete with...

permalink written by  Rachel in Korea! on December 22, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea
from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Slippery Slopes sans Seatbelts

I have a bone to pick with the Koreans. To be honest, I think all of the potential bones worth picking would amount to an entire skeleton, but that's beside the point. I am completely baffled that so many are still alive after braving the daily battle of Korean traffic. Yes, that which is...

permalink written by  Rachel in Korea! on December 11, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea
from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Update

First, I apologize for how extremely long overdue this post is. There might be the appearance of not much happening over here, but that is quite the reverse! Instead of regailing the world web with a specific tale of the present happenings, I've decided to keep it simple with a brief account...

permalink written by  Rachel in Korea! on December 10, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea
from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Korean French

There has been a recent development in my time in Korea, being that practicing my French skills with other Koreans has now become an option! SungSou, a friend from Madison, is both a Business major and a French major, while being practically fluent in English. We were finally able to see him...

permalink written by  Rachel in Korea! on November 16, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea
from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Dooly the Dinosaur

How it began: "You will wear masks and interview children in English." First of all, what?! Why must masks be worn, and why oh why are we interviewing children in English when they can't even speak it? Apparently these questions weren't in fact pertinent to the coordinators of the festival,...

permalink written by  Rachel in Korea! on November 16, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea
from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Narcissism or something more?

The ubiquitous fashion trends of the Koreans have provoked me to record a few observations and opinions regarding what I've witnessed. The attitudes towards appearances are much different than those found back home, so much that my acceptance of the differences has taken more effort than...

permalink written by  Rachel in Korea! on October 29, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea
from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Fall in all its Splendor

Fall is beginning to show its face in Korea, and it is breathtaking. Last Sunday Mr. Che invited us to go hiking with him and his daughter up a mountain in Paju, relatively near the school. Chosen specifically for the intensity of the changing fall colors, the mountain was a spectacular...

permalink written by  Rachel in Korea! on October 20, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea
from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

ADDRESS!!

It's official! I now have a mailing address!! Fiction: I actually don't have a mailing address to call my own. BUT, Fact: I'm mooching off of the oh-so-generous Koreans at my school and using theirs instead. Take THAT, Korea! How do I know this is right? Because the parents were the...

permalink written by  Rachel in Korea! on October 9, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea
from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

The Shrimp Burger

Perhaps one of my favorite moments of the trip happened yesterday.. One of the teachers seems to have taken a liking to me. She's extremely sweet, speaks broken English, but has really tried to show me how much she cares. For example, as a token of her affection, a few weeks ago she came to...

permalink written by  Rachel in Korea! on October 9, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea
from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Blogitty Blipitty Blop

Life in South Korea is streamlining ahead, despite the embarassing lack of new entries written in the past few weeks. For that, I apologize, and sincerely hope that each of your lives has been riveting enough to get by without my feeble attempts to blog about that which seems almost impossible...

permalink written by  Rachel in Korea! on September 30, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea
from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

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