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Gangwon-do: The Winter Wonderland

Posted on January 4, 2016 by sadielynwelhoff

How does one celebrate Christmas thousands of miles from friends and family?  Go on an adventure! I couldn’t be in America this Christmas, but I did get Christmas day off from work and I wanted to go to a corner … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year: 2015 Highlights

Posted on December 31, 2015 by sadielynwelhoff

I would say moving to Korea has been one of the highlights of my entire life, not just 2015.  I have wanted to live abroad for as long as I can remember.  I will be staying in Korea for the … Continue reading →

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DMZ Tour: Stepping into North Korea

Posted on December 22, 2015 by sadielynwelhoff

“Ready to go to North Korea?” Those are words I certainly never thought I would hear. Many visitors coming to South Korea have the DMZ (which stands for Demilitarized Zone) on their bucket lists.  North Korea remains such a mysterious … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Christmas

Posted on December 13, 2015 by sadielynwelhoff

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Korean companies have made sure to bring out Christmas deals and specials to keep people shopping all December.  It’s not on the scale of American shopping malls, but more and more Koreans … Continue reading →

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Apple Day!

Posted on December 9, 2015 by sadielynwelhoff

Fun fact: the Korean word for “apple” also sounds like the Korean word for “fight”.  The word is 사과  which is pronounced as “sah-gwa”.  Schools around the country celebrate Apple Day as a chance for students who were fighting to … Continue reading →

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First Snow in Korea

Posted on November 26, 2015 by sadielynwelhoff

While everyone in America is getting ready to chow down on some turkey for Thanksgiving, everyone in Cheonan is trudging through the snow. This is the first snow storm I have seen in Korea, and while it’s beautiful, it made … Continue reading →

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Sick in South Korea

Posted on November 19, 2015 by sadielynwelhoff

I had the sniffles a couple of weeks ago.  It probably has something to do with the fact that I am surrounded by children and all of their germs.  If I was sick in America, I would just go to … Continue reading →

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Happy Pepero Day!

Posted on November 12, 2015 by sadielynwelhoff

Pepero Day is not an important national holiday commemorating an historic event.  It’s a commercial holiday where someone in the marketing department had the brilliant idea of making a holiday out of a product, meaning people will go out and … Continue reading →

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Lotte World: School Field Trip

Posted on November 10, 2015 by sadielynwelhoff

If I recall, school field trips stopped after I was in elementary school.  I went on a few educational field trips in high school but those were just for a specific class.  We also went on college campus visits, but … Continue reading →

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The School Festival: My Dancing Humiliation

Posted on November 6, 2015 by sadielynwelhoff

I don’t know how it happened.  I was in the office while the teachers were discussing their plans for the school festival. They were planning a dance routine.  I wasn’t really paying attention because I was being a good and … Continue reading →

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