Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

This weekend was Buddha’s birthday which meant we had Friday off. It also meant that all of the temples hung out lanterns as decorations. At night, they light all of them by candle. Here are some pictures from a temple in Ulsan, BaekYeongSa (백영사). This temple also overlooks all of Ulsan as it sits quite Read more

It’s election time in Korea. Just like everything else this is just about as opposite to home as it gets. Stephen Harper wouldn’t stand a chance. All of the candidates have been giving similar performances all around the city. Read more

Korea spends the most amount of money on English education of any Asian country. Sadly, they also have the lowest English scores. Here are some amusing examples of this unfortunate situation. And last but certainly not least. You can buy this in 3 colors at the local Home Plus. Read more

Jacob and I have now made two trips to Seoul. We went the first time on a bit of a whim when Laura was here to visit and the second time was a little more planned when Dad was here.  We had been wanting to go for a while but we had been waiting for Read more

Summer has finally arrived for us here in S.Korea and we’re taking advantage of it. We’ve been at the beach for the last two weekends. This weekend just passed we camped out at Guryeongpo near Pohang. Korea always boasts about having all 4 seasons, I personally only have eyes for this one. Welcome back my Read more

The food in Korea leaves a bit to be desired when you first arrive. We had a really hard time adjusting and rarely ate any. We spent our first few months attempting to continue to cook ‘western’ food at home with little or no success. We just couldn’t get the ingredients we wanted and when Read more