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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...

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Rubber 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...

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https://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...

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Losing 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)....

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Weekend 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...

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Ye 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 ;)

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WW 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...

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Japan 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,...

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Gon’ party like it’s yo’ birfday…

Gon’ party like it’s yo’ birfday…from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1P6lJ1wvia IFTTT

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Champers

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In #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

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Japan 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...

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Japan 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...

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Weekend 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...

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A 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...

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They 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...

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Japan 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...

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Hwamyeong: 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...

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Seoul 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...

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Weekend 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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