
A french inspired tourist stop in Gapyeong with a love for "The Little Prince"
An update on the 2020 QR codes has been added to the end of the post. My nearest train station is Gapyeong. Gapyeong is a popular destination throughout the year for various reasons: concerts, pensions, camping, nature, and of course Nami island. I've been to Nami island in almost every season. It's lovely, a bit [...]
Teacher's Day in Korea is on May 15th. Every year my school does something different. My first year in Korea the students made cheesecake and brought them out to teachers. The second year our principle decided it'd be fun to have a teachers version of sports day. This year the sports day was swapped out [...]
About an hour out from Seoul via Korail, or about 40 minutes via the ITX is a beautiful mountainous county called Gapyeong. It's a great place for hiking, biking, and pretty much anything to do with enjoying nature. Due to all the pensions and beautiful nature, Gapyeong gets insanely crowded in the summer, but during [...]
Samgyetang (삼계탕) is a type of soup in Korea. It includes a whole small chicken, ginseng, jujube, garlic and spices. A friend took me to 도안동 감나무집, a restaurant behind Gapyeong Station, that serves Samgyetang on one of the Sambok 삼복 days. Sambok are the 'hottest' days of the year. It's traditional to eat Samgyetang on these specific [...]
I've passed Rabbits CoffeeLab multiple times and have always wanted to go in, and finally did, in the process of saying goodbye to my friend Emily who was heading back to her home country. It isn't particularly English friendly (i.e. the language written and spoken is mostly all Korean inside the shop) but it was a [...]