Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

This past weekend we decided to add another sporting event to our list here in Korea. We’ve already seen a soccer match, and an international archery tournament so we figured it was time to catch some basketball. Ulsan has it’s own team, Ulsan Mobis Phoebus and they were playing against Busan. They are both part Read more

For most people one of the most annoying things you can think of is email spam.  Searching through all of the spam in your email inbox to find the real messages from coworkers, friends and family can be pretty time consuming.  Well, here in Korea they’ve got something even better.  Door spam! It sticks to Read more

Yesterday I had the good fortune to be invited for a meal at a Korean household.  My Korean friend Jino introduced me to a lovely Korean family who decided that they would like to invite me into their home to share a traditional Korean barbecue (samgyeopsal).  Samgyeopsal is basically thick, non-salted bacon.  Usually this meal Read more

This post is more for information for other travelers than it is for an update on how we’re doing. We’ve reached the point where we are looking to send money that we’ve been making in Korea home to our bank in Canada. We’ve done our research and made our mistakes so I thought we should Read more

Last weekend I was really fortunate to attend a wedding. I had said when I arrived here that attending a wedding was high on my list of things I’d like to experience while I was here. Now, I’m not really much for weddings, but I feel like a wedding is a really important part of Read more