Quantcast
Channel: a breath of foreign air. » abroad
Browsing all 11 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Slow Decline of Days

If you count today, I have 39 and a half days left in Korea. Just counting those days, just now, I stared at the end result. It feels like that number must be off, somehow, I forgot to add something....

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Random Snippets of Life in Korea

Today, I’m blogging from the road, literally, as I type this post up on my phone while the bus takes me to Seoul. Let no one say I’m not committed to NaBloPoMo! Since my only resources are… well just...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

iPhone Photoessay: (Delicious) Things I Consumed in Argentina

First of all, I want to start with a moment of gratitude. This morning, I finished my morning run and had not accidentally adopted any dogs by the end of it. Pfew, a sigh of relief. This blog began...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Photoessay: Bikes of Germany

Germany is one of those countries with its ducks all in a row when it comes to transportation. Public transportation is everywhere, convenient and cheap. Cars are small, sometimes battery powered and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Photoessay: Stunning Sunsets in Rural Korea

My area, particularly Waymok Beach is actually quite famous within Korea for its incredible sunsets. I live a few kilometers from the famed beach view, but my view of the sunset is usually pretty...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Superpower You Can Cultivate: Foreign Language

This morning is a Saturday, and Saturdays are always a tough day to write a blog post. I dug through my purse to find my external hard drive, hoping that going over some old pictures would spark...

View Article

My Top 5 Wanderlist

Everyone dreams, some of us of fancy cars and others of simply a day off. I dreamed of pizza last night, but that’s not the kind of dream I’m talking about. I mean the dreams of the heart, the mental...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

iPhone Photoessay: Ruins of Salamis in Cyprus

Back in January of last year, I met my mom for nine days of vacation in Istanbul and Cyprus. We didn’t have much time on this little island, just two days and some family friends to meet, but those two...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sacrifices of Travel: Thanksgiving Away From Home

If I had to pick a favorite holiday, I’d stop for a moment on Easter, because of the copious amounts of chocolate involved, then I’d debate over Christmas and the great times with family and gifts and...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

What is This Place? Notes on a Return Home

Everyone asks about culture shock, about strange foreign customs and scary food. But as strange as living abroad can sometimes be, particularly in Asia, there is one ugly monster that never fails to...

View Article

Your Crash Course in K-Pop

If you’re anything like me before I came to Korea, you figure that Korea probably makes its own music, but you know nothing about it. This is your crash course in Korean Pop music, or K-Pop. It’s...

View Article
Browsing all 11 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images