Highlights from year 2

"I put together another highlight video on my YouTube channel. This one is focused on my second year living and working in Daejeon, South Korea."

Update: 3/27/20

Hello! It has been a while since I posted on my blog, but I thought I would share a few things. I am no longer living in South Korea.I am still alive.I am on self-quarantine for a few more days after traveling home from South Korea within the last month.I created a YouTube video while … Continue reading Update: 3/27/20 →

Beer Zone

"I mentioned in a recent "Picture of the Day" post that sometimes I find the names of stores and businesses here to be pretty funny. This one is just great."

Pension Weekend

"Last weekend, March 8-10, was a weekend that captured the essence of why I enjoy teaching abroad. An eclectic collection of expats gathered at a pension in the mountains outside of Daejeon for a weekend of cooking, hiking, and drinking."

Another Night at Another

"This picture shows some of my friends and me up to our typical weekend shenanigans."

Watering Ghost

"Today's picture comes from last year, at one of my favorite watering holes in Daejeon."

Byeonsanbando National Park

"When I first started pursuing a job teaching English abroad, I often found myself daydreaming about hitchhiking down country roads lined with rice paddies, hiking up and down rural mountains, jumping into remote pools fed by waterfalls, and lounging on a beach with a beer and friends from all around the world.

Last weekend I did exactly that when three friends and I trekked to Byeonsanbando National Park."

Last week in photos (6/20/18)

"This is part of a continuing series of weekly photo logs from my time living and teaching English in Daejeon, South Korea. I was unable to post one last week, so this is actually covering two weeks."

A Taste of Korean Food

"One of my favorite things to do in South Korea so far has been trying new food. I'm planning a much more organized approach to my food blogging in the not-too-distant future, but here's a little taste of what I've tasted so far."

Santa Claus in Daejeon, South Korea

"The first, most obvious tradition I have created is that every Wednesday night I get buffalo wings at a bar in the Gung-dong neighborhood of Daejeon from a bar called Santa Claus."