Gourmet 494 is a luxury food hall in Seoul with a genius concept – the clever people of Galleria Department Store have hand-picked the hottest restaurants, cafes and bakeries in Seoul and have made a space for all of them to come together and open concession stands in the one location. The result is
On moving to Korea, I knew there would be a lot of things I would need to adjust to – expensive poor quality coffee, being pushed and shoved on the subway without apology, struggling with the language barrier and so on. One thing I didn’t expect at all was the complete lack of streaming music
In order to explain CouchSurfing in Korea, we must first start off with explaining Couch Surfing. This recent advent is a website that connects travelers, and those interested in traveling, all over the world. When in a new country or city, you can message residents for advice, meet up, or even to be hosted in their house.
North Korea has been a topic that has interested me for a long time. Being an avid socialist in my youth, I was interested in the cause of communism around the world. I did my research, but it was usually from a very biased view. Coming to South Korea, I had an opportunity to study
If I had to make an analogy to Taebaeksan’s lack of notoriety, I would compare it to Korea! Korea happens to be in a bad place geographically. Stuck between two eastern giants, Korea is often confused with Japan and China and generally not known very well by foreigners. Although Taebaek would probably not get confused
The Boryeong Mud festival is, um, just that: a festival with a lot of mud. When I say a lot, I mean that there is enough to swim in and paint tens of thousands of people, literally! This event takes place in the summer time and lasts for about 10 days. Starting very recently,
Thinking of learning Korean? What better way to experience a culture or society than to learn the language? If there is a way, I can hardly think of it. For many, the difficulty in learning a whole new unrelated language and the hours required, are outweighed by the fact that most people foreigners will only
Walking through the streets of Korea, one would be pressed to not see an occasional interracial couple walking hand and hand. At one point in Korean history, this would have been almost impossible to see. Even though there is still somewhat of a social bias against said relationships, they are abundant in their numbers. Although
