Lingo in Transit
Travel, Languages and Life
Category: Asia
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Located in Jongno-gu in the north of Seoul is the Naksan Mountain Trail which is a city wall walk that takes you down towards Dongdaemun. I just happend to be in the area whilst going to an event and thought that I would spend the afternoon walking this mountain trail as it was on my…
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Last week it snowed for hours in the morning which stayed around for the rest of the day. I stood by the window watching the snowflakes blow around and rain down. I took many pictures and videos sending them back home to my family and friends proclaiming that IT’S SNOWING. After it stopped, I went…
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The colour orange was never really that impressionable to me. Not quite vivid as it’s constituents of yellow or red. Not quite striking or bold in its appearance. But being surrounded by orange stirred a feeling inside. Change. Quiet optimism. The changing of leaves. The passing of time. A reminder that nothing stays as it…
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Apart from living in Korea, also on my list was to read some translated Korean literature. I would say that maybe it wasn’t on my radar back home as translated books are more expensive and any efforts at trying to find it at the local library were in vain. There were some that I had…
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Last week, the biggest Korean exams took place. The annual high school exam for entrance into University locally known as the suneung or the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), is a big deal in Korea. Each year, about 500 000 students sit this exam hoping to get top marks that will allow them to enter…
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Jeonju is located roughly 2 hours south west of Seoul and is easily accessible via the KTX or Express buses. Previously, I wrote about visiting Gyeongju which was the capital of the Silla Kingdom on the eastern side of the country. Jeonju, on the other hand, was in the area that belonged to the Baekje…
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When someone recently asked me how long I have been in Korea for, I had to count as by now, I have lost track of all time. I can’t believe I’m in my 6th month here already! There is some truth then that time flies when you’re having fun. Winter has officially started by the…
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One a sunny and pleasant Sunday morning, I agreed to go hiking with my sister. It seemed like half of Seoul had the same idea. The online information will tell you to take the metro to Gupabal but we decided to meet at the stop before at Yeonsinnae instead as we needed lockers. I spotted…
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Gyeongju is located 2.5 hours southeast from Seoul via the KTX (express train). It’s the city that use to be the capital of the Silla Kingdom in 57 BC – 935 AD. Today, Gyeongju is a small town that attracts both local and international visitors. The city doesn’t have the skyscrapers or tall apartment complexes…
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“Books took me to places I could never go otherwise. They shared the confessions of people I’d never met and lives I’d never witnessed. The emotions I could never feel, and the events I hadn’t experienced could all be found in those volumes.” ― Won-pyung Sohn, Almond
Lingo in Transit 