There are two places in Hongdae that offer up one of my favorite meals in Korea, but since I was in Busan last week I got to eat the stuff where it came from. Some years ago I was introduced to dwaejigukbab, or pork stew, and haven’t been able to get enough of it since. This meal, I was told, isn’t generally eaten by girls because the smell can be strong, or foreigners, ...

When we were at Seoul Station last weekend, we saw this wonderful light show on a building across the street.  I took some video of it.We've been running around doing a ton of sightseeing which I'll post about when we are back home.  It's been wild and we have been having a blast.  Our flight leaves at 11:30 am on February 1st and arrives in Minneapolis and the same time.  Imag ...

I went out to meet a Spanish friend for lunch yesterday and ended up staying out til past midnight, thanks to all the free TradFest events in Temple Bar. I met up with a load of awesome couchsurfers and spent hours walking around from pub to pub listening to all the great traditional Irish music and even had a free Irish dancing lesson in The Arlington Hotel!

This is my first ever video post, taken with my new GoPro camera that I got for my birthday! It’s a bit random and has an epic fail (very bad editing!!) about half way through but I’m pretty happy with it none-the-less! In other news…I’m moving to Holland tomorrow so will be sure to update you all on my new adventure very soon!

I met KJ one last time near Dongdaemun to visit her favorite silk and satin store.  It happens to be a hanbok store too.  I walked into a color explosion.  There were rolls of fabric everywhere and I was in heaven.The shop was tiny but it had a steady stream of customers.  I chose one pattern and bought 10 different colors to make a transparent bojagi like m ...

Rocketman had a going away dinner Thursday night with all his co-workers.  He came home not too late (around 11pm) and with these wonderful gifts.  This picture is of what I would call Buddha's sidekick.   I forgot his name and what it symbolizes.  I will have to ask my Korean girlfriends and then write it down.  His co-workers are sad to see him go and like ourselves ...

I arrived in Korea after a month away and immediately, after stopping home to unpack and pack again, took the KTX down to Busan to have my first Lunar New Year with my new Korean family. The Lunar New Year is a major holiday in Korea where families travel long distances to their hometowns to pay respect to their ancestors. This year it fell on January 23. In years previous, this ho ...

I arrived at chilbo an hour late and to my surprise Metal Guy was already there.  He had designed and made me a butterfly (nabi) brooch.  Since I was so late, he painted it for me while I worked on another project.                             &n ...

 Thursday morning started out with bojagi class.  I finished my one project along with the socks.It really turned out great.  I thought it would be my last class but we are meeting in Seoul on Saturday to do some shopping at a shop that is either giving away or selling cheap fabric scraps.  Then she is going to show me how to do a bojagi made of triangles.  We are meeting ...

Saturday was my final hanji people class.  I had my teacher all to myself since it was a warm and rainy day which kept the crowds from the palace.  This photo is what my hanji people looked like to begin with.                              Here m ...