Lingo in Transit
Travel, Languages and Life
Tag: lingointransit
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When looking for a break and not really wanting coffee or to be in a cafe, there is the option of teahouses in Korea. Offering a different vibe, more traditional, less instagram focused and a place where all demographics can be found, a teahouse in Korea is the perfect place to take a breather or…
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This time last year, I wrote about the 5 things that I wanted to stop doing in 2022. So this year, I have decided to flip that and think and write about the 5 things that I want to do more of in 2023. 1. Reread some favourite booksI have read some very thought provoking…
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It feels like de ja vu, ending 2022 similar to 2021, with some sort of bug! I’m fine- just a dry scratchy throat with a dry cough but it also doesn’t help that it’s dry outside. In Korea, there are no public holidays for Christmas or New Year so it’s been weird. I think I’m…
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Another year has come and gone as we all emerged from our varying lockdowns and restrictions. What a few years it’s been for all of us around the world. Whilst it won’t be a white Christmas here (no snow forecasted for the weekend), it will be sub-zero nevertheless and I’ll be enjoying a winter Christmas…
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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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