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, ...

The extremely ornate pagoda from Samgwangsa Temple in Busan.Hello Again Everyone!!Another interesting aspect to the Korean pagoda is the varying number of tiers that make up the height of the pagoda. And like all things related to the pagoda, the tiers also have a lot of symbolic meaning attached to them.First, it must be stated that hardly any Korean pagodas have an even amount of tiers to its he ...

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 ...

Chris Golightly, a former American Idol contestant who got disqualified from the show after making the top 24, has left Korea.  You might ask, "what the heck is this blogger talking about?" A few months ago, Chris appeared in the Korean version of the American Idol called Superstar K.  While standing out with his bright blond hair, he lasted into the group of final 7 before getting the b ...

A long-time opponent of zoos, my up-close experience with wild animals has been somewhat limited.  A trip through SE Asia years ago provided brushes with iguanas, water buffalo, and the ubiquitous gecko, but sightings of elephants or tigers evaded me; I refused to visit them in camps, wary of bearing witness to animals who underwent training for the sole purpose of entertaining humans.  Wild cre ...

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!

On Friday one of my best Korean pals, Lindsay (who writes a mean blog of her own) , and I went off in search of an owl-y adventure. And Seoul provided as with the perfect spot… the Owl Museum!

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In Dallas, Texas, a small dispute over payment on gas at a Korean-owned gas station has almost escalated into a racial conflict between blacks and the Korean. On Dec 9, 2011, Jeffrey Muhammad, an Islam minister, tried to use his debit card to pay for his gas which was at $5 -- below the posted minimum amount for allowed card transaction.  When the Korean owner refused to take his debit card p ...