Lingo in Transit
Travel, Languages and Life
Tag: lingointransit
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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
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Coffee and cafe culture is huge in Korea. There are so many cafes everywhere and most of them if not all are aesthetic in one way or another. One cafe however, is not like the others and that is the Greem Cafe. The concept of this cafe is 2D. So everything in the cafe pretty…
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Autumn is here and in full swing. I think this is the first time I’m living somewhere where there is such autumn scenery everywhere. Back home, we don’t have many deciduous trees. South Korea is a lush and mountainous country and at the moment, the country’s landscape is a wash of reds, orange and yellows.…
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One of my favourite neighbourhoods in Seoul so far is Insadong. Located just about right in the middle of Seoul, this area contains traditional teahouses, crafts and craft products. This area also contains over 100 galleries and is one of the oldest culturally important areas of Seoul. This area use to be the point of…
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Visiting the most heavily guarded border in the world is possible from Seoul. The Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) tours offer visitors a chance to go into the zone to see what the area is like on dedicated tourist buses in an area of the Korean peninsula that has existed since 1945. Visitors can only visit with…
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Ice-creams are readily available on every street corner here in the plentiful convenience stores around the country. I also live and work near unmanned lolly stores which also sell ice-creams for 50cents! So a summer challenge for myself was to try as many ice cream flavours as my wallet and waistline allows. I wanted to…
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Amanda has posted the last Friendly Friday Challenge as the team bid farewell to this challenge. The last prompt is turning points. I actually started my blog in 2013 but it looked a lot different from what is is today and I was more of a reposter. In hindsight, I really wished I had written…
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