About 70% of South Korea is mountaineous which is somewhat hard to imagine when one is standing amidst the cement and skycrapers of downtown Seoul. As one looks and east however, large mountains are readily visible and provide a scenic backdrop for the city.  By pure dumb luck and a bit of gut instinct, we … More NUMBER 3: Hiking

Similar to many other Asian countries, Korea values the Group over the Invididual.  We are admittedly still far from truly understanding this part of the culture in which we now live and are not cognizant of this mindset most of the time.  However, certain aspects are quite obvious to us.  For example, a Korean person … More NUMBER 4: The Korean Concept of “Community”

This post has been a long time coming and admittedly I’ve been struggling with “blogging” in general.  Although not private, this “blog” is, more than anything else, a personal journal of our family’s time here in Seoul.   I worry the thoughts and statements in this “blog” will be read by strangers and that they … More Top 5 things we love about Korea…number 5