Happy January! Yup, it’s very cold in Pennsylvania. Right now as I write this, there’s some crazy cold front spreading around the north, and I hate it with everyone shivering bone in my body. Anyway, January has been a relatively calm month. I had one big trip with Niagara Falls, which I was really scared…
The Gurye Sansuyu Festival is one of the first Korean flower festivals in spring since they begin to blossom in mid-March! Here’s a complete guide on how to visit. Even though Namwon is only a few stops away from Gurye, it wasn’t until I living in Suncheon, that I finally went to see the sansuyu…
Oh howdy from Taipei! I’m writing this from my Airbnb while it rains like crazy outside (and finishing it on Valentine’s Day *cough*). I’ve just been in Hualien and Jiufen for the last week, so I haven’t been nearly as active as I thought I could be in terms of writing and doing a lot…
Here’s what to expect hiking between two mountain temples, Seonamsa and Songgwangsa, on Jogyesan, near Suncheon. Spoiler alert: Like most of my hiking in Korea, I was a bit unprepared… One of the more underrated things to do in Suncheon is to visit one of its two main mountain temples, Seonamsa or Songwangsa, and go…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rankfurt is actually the first time I’ve had a layover long enough to explore the city. When I booked my flight to South Africa, I wound up having a 14-hour one. Since it’s been nearly four years since I was last in Europe, and I had never been to Germany before, I decided to plan…
Salzburg is easily one of the most magical cities in Europe. If you’re a music lover, you probably know it as Mozart’s birthplace, and if you’re a movie lover, you know it as the filming location of the much-beloved Sound of Music. There is, of course, much more to this European gem. I had my contributor, Nicole,…