Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

In true Canadian fashion, Jacob and I have spent the last 2.5 months holed up in our apartment trying to avoid winter. While winter may not have been as cold here as what we were used to, it was still just as miserable as I remembered. Korea has unfortunately not learned the art of insulation Read more

When we were deciding whether to come to South Korea to teach we had many questions.  Leaving our comfortable home life was a major decision and it was sometimes difficult to make an informed decision.  You can never know the details of what it will be like but it sure helps to have some answers Read more

I have a new Korean friend.  His name is Jun Bum.  His English skills are very good.  He loves foreigners. He does not like his life in Korea.  In his next life he says he will be a foreigner.  Jun Bum is starting his first year of high school.  He says he was unlucky because Read more

Our apartment has an occasional odor problem.  It is common to notice the aroma of meals being prepared from other apartments in a building.  The difference here is that the meals being prepared are not ones I would commonly choose to ingest.  We live on the ninth floor of a fifteen floor apartment building.  My Read more

Korea is definitely the loudest place I have ever lived. Which may come as a shock to some of you seeing as I grew up in a house where it was common to have 2 tv’s on, plus the radio, a child screaming and a dog barking. It’s possible that it just feels louder because Read more