Seoul Lantern Festival

Last night I attended the Lantern Festival. The 2014 Seoul Lantern Festival runs from the Novemember 11 to 23, at Cheonggyecheon (청계천). You can get to Cheonggyecheon by taking Line 2 to City Hall Station (시청역), exit 4. Walk 300 meters, and you’ll see the main entrance to Cheonggyecheon. Two ladies are sitting making Kim […]

Seoul International Full Moon Night Walk

Seoul residents raise millions for Nepal in International Full Moon Night Walk along city centre and walls   Seoul residents have raised millions of won after participating in the city’s International Full Moon Night Walk on Nov. 8 (Sat.), 2014. The charity event saw more than 500 people walk 10 km from Seoul Museum of […]

Attend a Hakwon (cram school) to Improve Your Korean!

Hakwon is a for-profit cram school that Korean students pay to attend after their regular school classes. Almost all Korean students attend some sort of hakwon – either academic or nonacademic. The most popular classes that students regularly attend are foreign languages (such as English or Chinese) often for the purpose of improving their grammar […]

Bukhansan National Park

Hello dear readers. Today’s post might appeal and is dedicated to mountain hiking enthusiasts and nature lovers. If you are seeking escape from busy Seoul, you enjoy sports activities or simply want to spend a day in the mountains then you should follow this post. Bukhansan National Park(북한산국립공원) is a mountain situated in the northern […]

The Colours of Seoul Zoo

Pictures by Mirela from Bulgaria

Seonyudo Island Park

October in Seoul has passed, which means that the weather has cooled down preparing for the oncoming winter season. This is the last and perfect time to go and visit one of many Seoul’s wonderful parks; avoiding the extreme heat of summer and right before the extreme cold of winter. For this week, I’ll introduce […]

Gyeongdong Market

While I’m leaning over bags of wood chunks and yellow and velvet blossoms of scented plants unknown to me, someone pulls my arm and when I turn, I see through the lenses of the camera, a woman pointing at a metal bucket full of blue bags. The short skinny granny shoots something in Korean, looks […]

A Nighttime Picnic to Yeouinaru and Mapo Bridge

Last Wednesday, I went to Yeouinaru (여의나루) for a picnic by the riverside and watch the total eclipse of the moon. I recommend you to visit parks near Han River (한강) such as Ttukseom (뚝섬), Banpo (반포), and Yeouinaru with your friends before the weather gets too cold. Enjoy “Chimaek (Chiken&Beer)” with the breathtaking night time […]