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Korean French

There has been a recent development in my time in Korea, being that practicing my French skills with other Koreans has now become an option! SungSou, a friend from Madison, is both a Business major and a French major, while being practically fluent in English. We were finally able to see him...

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Rachel in Korea! on November 16, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

tagged Seoul and Nightlife

Dooly the Dinosaur

How it began: "You will wear masks and interview children in English." First of all, what?! Why must masks be worn, and why oh why are we interviewing children in English when they can't even speak it? Apparently these questions weren't in fact pertinent to the coordinators of the festival,...

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Rachel in Korea! on November 16, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

tagged Uijeongbu

Narcissism or something more?

The ubiquitous fashion trends of the Koreans have provoked me to record a few observations and opinions regarding what I've witnessed. The attitudes towards appearances are much different than those found back home, so much that my acceptance of the differences has taken more effort than...

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Rachel in Korea! on October 29, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Fall in all its Splendor

Fall is beginning to show its face in Korea, and it is breathtaking. Last Sunday Mr. Che invited us to go hiking with him and his daughter up a mountain in Paju, relatively near the school. Chosen specifically for the intensity of the changing fall colors, the mountain was a spectacular...

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Rachel in Korea! on October 20, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

ADDRESS!!

It's official! I now have a mailing address!! Fiction: I actually don't have a mailing address to call my own. BUT, Fact: I'm mooching off of the oh-so-generous Koreans at my school and using theirs instead. Take THAT, Korea! Here it is: Rachel Bowline 482-870) 171 Sinsal-ri...

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Rachel in Korea! on October 09, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

tagged NamMun

The Shrimp Burger

Perhaps one of my favorite moments of the trip happened yesterday.. One of the teachers seems to have taken a liking to me. She's extremely sweet, speaks broken English, but has really tried to show me how much she cares. For example, as a token of her affection, a few weeks ago she came to...

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Rachel in Korea! on October 09, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Blogitty Blipitty Blop

Life in South Korea is streamlining ahead, despite the embarassing lack of new entries written in the past few weeks. For that, I apologize, and sincerely hope that each of your lives has been riveting enough to get by without my feeble attempts to blog about that which seems almost impossible...

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Rachel in Korea! on September 30, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

The Simplicity of Gratitude

Inch by inch (or should I say centimeter by centimeter?), I am slowly being introduced to all of the various aspects and customs of Korean daily life. Last night Adam and I had the pleasure of being invited over to the high school gym teacher's home for dinner with his family. Wanting to...

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Rachel in Korea! on September 10, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

tagged NamMun

Your Favorite Food is Meat?!

I am now an official English teacher! That's right my friends, as of yesterday I have successfully comandeered my very own class of students, complete with a classroom with a chalkboard to boot. No matter that I had to bribe the students with chocolate in order for them to agree to let me take...

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Rachel in Korea! on September 08, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

One More Time, Baby!

Last night was a special night. A very special night. Earlier in the week I was invited to a welcome dinner for the new foreign language teachers. I was told that the principle was so impressed with our first impression that she wanted to host an official dinner to welcome us to Korea. So,...

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Rachel in Korea! on September 04, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

tagged Food and NamMun

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