We realize that a lot of what we say in this blog isn’t really useful for living or teaching in Bucheon, Korea; we just like to document all of the weird and exciting things that we find along the way. And so, to try to rectify this, we have set up an FAQ section that […]
There are a few unfortunate people we know who hate Korean food and can’t break out of their North American eating habits. It’s for people like this that we feel most sorry, because we’re finding so many exciting things to eat and drink here in Bucheon, Korea, and it’s a shame that they can’t be […]
One of the main reasons why we moved to Korea was to pay off our debts. Korea provides a very lucrative opportunity for the both of us as teachers, and – having double income and no kids – the deal seems so much sweeter for us than for others who are coming here alone. We’ve […]
We always have our camera with us, and shamelessly make movies of just about everything we find interesting. Here’s a prime example of this habit of ours: in this video you’ll find two different things that Korea makes that are much better than the Canadian versions. The first clip is of Korean coffee trays. Don’t […]
Too many times have we heard that opening somebody else’s mail is a federal offense, or a felony, or something serious, and it could land you in jail, and only very bad, bad people open other people’s mail. This is why we were shocked when we saw how the mail system works here in Bucheon […]
Poor Spudgy! As you may know if you’ve been reading our Spudgy posts, we were taking him to the vet a lot lately (which happens to be out of Bucheon, unfortunately, and takes a big part of our day to get there and back), either to get his full check up or his teeth cleaned. […]
One of the things Simon and I really miss about living in Canada is homemade cooking. We love to cook and bake, but it is challenging to do so in Korea as the grocery stores are stocked with unfamiliar ingredients, and also because eating out is so darn cheap. I (Martina) finally snapped and decided […]
This is the kind of stuff we expected to see when we came to Bucheon. We thought that life would be normal here, but there would be little flare-ups of colorful and exuberant Asian culture, and that we would giggle to ourselves about how weird things are around here. It turns out that there isn’t […]
Here are a few things Korea (or just Bucheon) has a lot of: corn in their meals, new cars, buildings with different stores on different floors, small dogs, energetic old people. Here are a few things Korea does not have a lot of: obedience for traffic laws, bread that isn’t very sweet, macaroni and cheese, […]
In yesterday’s post we mentioned how we luckily stopped at Yongsan Electronics Market, which is eight stories of electronics goodness. We’re going there again in a couple of weeks to buy some supergreat and supercheap speakers for our laptops (because listening to music on our default speakers is hardly acceptable). What we forgot to mention […]
This past Saturday we went with Sasha to the National Museum of Korea in hopes of soaking up some Korean Culture. We promised her a fun day in Seoul for Saturday, and had lot planned out, including bus tours and street festivals. Unfortunately, it’s still Monsoon Season in Bucheon, so our plans were all but […]
We really like the way Korean public transportation (official name: Korail) works, as you can see in an older post we made on them. It’s absolutely brilliant and highly efficient, and it’s not like anything we’re used to in Canada. To begin with, it’s MUCH cheaper here in Korea than in Canada. For example, the […]
Last week we made a post about Korean Food Courts and included a video about them, but we forgot to mention one thing about the food courts; their menus are completely and utterly awesome. Instead of having a laminated paper menu, they have a plastic replica of every single dish they have to offer – […]
A long time ago we wrote briefly about Martina’s maddening experience with buying rubber gloves. Essentially, Martina wanted rubber gloves for washing the dishes, because her hands dry out too much or some other girly reason along those lines. She bought a pack. They weren’t good. Then she had to buy another pack. No difference […]
We’ve been receiving a few concerned emails and questions about how lazy our dog Spudgy seems. “Does Spudgy do anything?â€, “Your dog sleeps all dayâ€, “Why is it that your dog is always in bed when we’re on Skype together?â€. Well to prove that Spudgy does have a silly and spunky side, and that not […]
You might have forgotten about the excitement Martina felt when we first moved to Bucheon, Korea two months ago and she saw a conveyor belt of sushi. We, however, have never forgotten that day. In fact, Martina has been eyeing that sushi belt ever since, but we just never got around to eating at one. […]
So we finally saw The Dark Knight here in Korea after waiting for it for so long. It just came out on Wednesday, and we saw it on Friday. It was absolutely awesome. Before we saw the movie, though, we decided to make a movie of our own; this one’s about movie theaters in Korea. […]
Sometimes when you’re in a foreign country you have to bite the bullet and try weird and strange foods that you’ve never had before. For example, there is this totally Korean ice cream place that we had never heard of called Baskin-Robbins (check out the Korean website). It serves really delicious ice-cream and it is […]
One of the first few videos we put up on the site was of Martina’s Food Paradise, in which she saw a conveyor belt of food and was extremely happy for it. Since then we’ve been using the food courts often whenever we need a quick snack. The food courts, though, are managed differently here […]
So, you want to learn to speak and read Korean? Well so do we! After living in Korea for just over two months, we’ve quickly developed the urge to understand the signs (and the menus) around us. We’re not experts yet, but here are some helpful hints we found for learning to read and speak […]
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