Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Category: South Korea

  • Oh Canada (my home and native land)

    One of the best parts about world travel is growing to appreciate home even more.  If you ever need to be reminded of how much you love your home just move away for a while.  You will meet all kinds of interesting people while you travel.  If there is one…

  • B-Sam is a pollener englishy teacher

    I suppose this post is long overdue seeing as teaching is what I spend the majority of time doing. It’s something I’ve put off for a couple of reasons. One, it’s hard to write about an everyday occurrence and make it interesting and two, it took me a little bit…

  • Ulsan Hyundai Tigers

    One of the best parts of slow travel is that when you get lost it’s not a big deal.  You can just roll with it and keep exploring instead of needing to double back to make sure you don’t miss something important.  Sunday afternoon we decided that we would like…

  • International Archery Championship

    This week in Ulsan is the International Archery Championship since we have a lot of time on our hands, and when else are you going to get the chance to see an archery tournament, we decided to check it out. Jacob passed on the morning trip so it was just…

  • Can you live in Korea?

    As Jacob shared below, there are a lot of differences between western society and the east. To help you decide if you’d like to switch, we’ve created some polls. There are pictures included for help with the decision process. Enjoy! If you would have chosen “none of the above” for…

  • Desensitization

    The longer we are here in South Korea things that initially shocked or disgusted me seem less shocking and disgusting. When we first arrived, walking down the streets with the putrid smells rising from the manholes and live sea animals churning water in buckets made me cringe. Now, I rarely…

  • Ajummas and Noraebangs

    Saturday was a fairly eventful day for us especially in our new Korean standards. Teaching doesn’t really take up all that much time for me, I only teach from 3-9 and have an hour off every day in that period so I have a lot of free time. This usually…

  • Home Sweet Home

    Apartment, originally uploaded by A photo a day…. This is a quick video of where we live in Nammok. Nammok is a district of Ulsan, South Korea. We were really fortunate and have a huge apartment, complete with an oven and bathtub. This is not common in Korea.