Life in Korea Archive

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Driving in Korea

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while now…but as usual, something else comes up. But needless to say, driving in Korea is more than a bit different than back home. Let’s start with the similarities: They drive on the right-hand side of the road, like us. They have traffic lights & stop [...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Korean Christmas

Bright, shiny, sparkly, electric, pulsating, LED Christmas…. Complete with Korean women singing American Christmas carols. I suddenly felt like little Ralphie Parker being serenaded to before eating my Christmas duck. “Fah rah rah rah rah…rah rah rah rah” Quick! Name that movie.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

A Closer Look

[catch up with the tour] So now that we’ve got the basics out of the way,… It’s crowded – check It’s cram-packed – check You’ll get hit – check You’ll get hit – check You’ll get hit – check & double-check …let me show you around the few spots I wandered around – granted, it [...]