Gyeongju - fit for a Queen
This past Saturday I had the opportunity to travel to Gyeongju with some passionate history students from Dong-A University in Busan. They're our friend Joe's students (from G's birthday yachting...
View ArticleRubber Ducky, you're the one!
photo courtesy of Ondong KimAfter a wonderful morning seeing ancient tombs, a beautiful observatory, dressing up in traditional clothes, and walking through gardens and fields that went on for miles it...
View Articlehttps://www.facebook.com/TorontoSeoulcialite
photo c/o rebornAre you on Facebook? Have you liked The Toronto Seoulcialite yet? If you're into photo albums then this one's for you - I share lots of pictures that won't necessarily go up on the...
View ArticleLosing weight in Korea
The Korean diet is SO healthy...not!While on a bus the other day a friend and I started flipping through timehop and then through old photos on Facebook ("ohhhh my gosh BABY KATE!" was the reaction)....
View ArticleWeekend Warriors iii: Typhoon Nangka
I'd like to preface this post with the fact that we have been VERY lucky in Busan. We have had some rain and high winds but even that has not deterred us from heading to the beach and swimming in the...
View ArticleYe Olde MySpace
Musicians of Busan - I'm looking for a band. In the process, I found my old MySpace page. Hysterical, I know, but I'm going to share it with you anyway. Just click here ;)
View ArticleWW iv: Busan, Beer, Beach, Birthdays
I always get excited when there's a reason to celebrate. To me, a special occasion is a festival, a new pair of shoes, real cheese at the grocery store, good wine on sale, quality mushrooms, and good...
View ArticleJapan i: Fly Peach
Getting to the airport for my mini-break (sorry - "summer vacation" from Wednesday - Sunday) was perhaps the easiest and least stressful travel-related thing I've ever done. Last Wednesday I slept in,...
View ArticleGon’ party like it’s yo’ birfday…
Gon’ party like it’s yo’ birfday…from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1P6lJ1wvia IFTTT
View ArticleIn #Korea it’s traditional to have seaweed soup on your...
In #Korea it’s traditional to have seaweed soup on your #birthday so my sweet coworker made me some! (at Busan South Korea)from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1MQr0uQvia IFTTT
View ArticleJapan ii: The first night
We checked in around 8 PM at J-Hoppers Hostel in Fukushima after a 70 minute ride on the JR line from the airport. I thought that we had all booked spaces in the mixed dorms, but my friends had gone...
View ArticleJapan iii: Osaka in One Day
Osaka can, in fact, be done in a day. Had I worn appropriate footwear I really would have checked everything off my list and have been off to Kyoto for Friday, but I opted for flats and that was not...
View ArticleWeekend Warriors: Any excuse for Champagne
I have always been the type of person to think that your birthday is just one day. I mean, it's the DAY of your birth that's to be celebrated - not the weekend, week, or month. It turns out that my...
View ArticleA real Thursday Party and Velocity Fitness Busan
Yesterday was a big day. I arrived at 9:30 AM at work where we immediately left for a field trip to the Busan Climate Change Educational Center. As a climate change center it of course limited the...
View ArticleThey don’t have drip #coffee, their ice capps are actually...
They don’t have drip #coffee, their ice capps are actually hot mochas, at least they got my #latte right (it tastes pretty bad - just like home!) #timhortons #timhouse #seoul #daerim #ifoundit (at 대림동...
View ArticleJapan iv: Last day in Osaka at the Aquarium
After an epic first day my feet were still killing me. I had intended to go to Universal Studios Osaka as well as the Umeda Sky Building. After hearing that Universal was all line ups and pushy...
View ArticleHwamyeong: Latte King
For a while I've been considering writing about specific places in Hwamyeong-dong - the neighbourhood in Buk-gu in which I live. I wasn't entirely sure if anyone would be interested because Hwamyeong...
View ArticleSeoul vs. Busan
As you may have guessed by now, The Toronto Seoulcialite actually lives in Busan, not Seoul. The terms of my transfer from Gwacheon to Hwamyeong are confidential, so blabbing about it all over my blog...
View ArticleWeekend Warriors vi: The Penis Bar
Yes, you read that right: The Penis Bar. I don't think anyone knows the real name of the bar in Seomyeon that has a giant wooden penis outside the entry, but it's where the generation of teachers in...
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