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Brothers reunited...
... shine to us, and we chatted to her most of the way. She was a very likeable ajumma, so it created a good first impression of Korea. In fact, the local middle-aged women seemed to take a shine to Nigel especially, and I was in danger of losing my 'ajumma ...
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Army Museum
... . It is located on the first floor of the school Motto Tower and exhibits historical documents related to the Korea Military Academy. Besides collecting military relics and historical documents, the museum planned to start a surface survey inside the ...
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Goodbye Julianna...
... to in July when I'll finally get the chance to meet my friend Lisa again, after I was ill when she came to Seoul. Similarly, I'm going over to Beijing in August to meet Ali and her boyfriend who will have just completed the Trans-Siberian Express - ...
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First bit of hiking...
... a chance to clear my thoughts, and I usually feel refreshed afterwards. It soon became clear that hiking alone is kind of difficult in Korea, since people keep on talking to you! I'd barely started the hike when 'Byun' asked if I was alone, and I ended ...
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Summer Intensives!
... was very limited during the intensive period, I did manage to meet up with So young a few times, including giving her a guided tour of Nowon where she lived up until 2003. The thing I'll miss most when I leave in December is my apartment which I am so ...
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Buddha's birthday...
... departs... In Japan, people literally become depressed when the cherry blossom begins to fall from the trees, but thankfully in Korea there is another colourful display that follows shortly after. The lead up to Buddha's birthday is marked by ...
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Sky Park...
... . It was nice being outdoors and we strolled around for a couple of hours, stopping occasionally to admire the view across Seoul. As I've said before, I prefer having more local friends, not least because they can provide useful information, e.g. Eun ju ...
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Seoul St. Patty's
... waffles, it’s the new fad. There is a place near my house that sells waffles and burgers. What?!?! Random. Thus is Korea. -There aren’t any garbage cans here in residential areas. You put all your waste in plastic bags like from the grocery, ...
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Random Noticings
... overseas travel. I do believe it is the lack of pesticides and the like over here. Either way, its much juicier. -Chopsticks in Korea are metal, not wooden -arcade crane games are EVERYWHERE!! Don’t know what the deal with that is, but you can be ...
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Learning the Ropes
... was totally fine with me, so I just sat back to soaked up the sites during the drive. My first impression upon entering Seoul was MOUNTAINS!! Everywhere. The entire city is built throughout the mountain chain, so you can never really get a good sense as ...
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