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Archive for September, 2009

Chuseok

It’s Korea’s version of thanksgiving. The focus is honouring one’s ancestors and visiting one’s hometown while throwing in a bunch of tradition and celebration of harvest time. It’s a time of traffic mayhem as over half the country, living in Seoul, travels south on 2 highways and 2 train lines to where the vast majority of [...]

Media Poles

In the trendy business area of Gagnam, Jordan and Katie’s home neighbourhood, 3 blocks have seen the installation of something called “media poles” on the side walks. They look like something out of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and they offer pedestrians a variety of entertainment and services.

Simply pose a question and the pole offers a [...]

Public Exercise Machines

One thing you cannot deny about Koreans is that they are a fit people. Though their free time is far less than that of most westerners, it is generally spent in the park playing soccer, badminton, a cool combination of soccer volleyball, baseball, riding bikes, hiking mountains, and so on. In an attempt to either promote or support [...]

Construction Worker Robot

This is something that is hard to capture because we are always moving and don’t have time to get the camera out. This time we were stopped at a light and on a bus. So many things in Korea are automated. Erin jokes about how everything talks to you here; the elevators, buses, subway, escalators, [...]

We’re Back

So here we are back in Korea…  The previous post “A Little Homesick” was posted months ago, long before we had the slightest clue we would be coming back to Korea. There are a million things to say to you, our loyal reader, and only so much time to say it.
How strange to be back [...]

This Year 2008/2009

A huge thanks to all who endeavour (with great success) to make our lives so blessed and full of good times. I hope our fragile tears and choking hugs are a small token of our love for you. We miss you all.
Please check out or photos section to see thousands of great shots form events over the year [...]