City Guide Review: Buseoksa Temple
Review by Arista Ngodinh, ETA 2019-2020 City: Yeongju Type of Business: Temple (UNESCO Historical Site) Address: 345 Buseoksa-ro, Buseok-myeon, Yeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do Cost: Adults: 1,200 won / Group: 1,000 won Youths: 1,000 won / Group: 800 won Children: 800 won / Group: 500 won Nestled in the mountains of Gyeongsangbukdo lies one of Korea’s most unique UNESCO heritage […]
How I Learned to Be Confident in Korea
I learned how to be confident in Korea, holding my head high, high heels announcing my presence, steps echoing in a still-quiet subway station. I learned how to be confident in Korea starting with lip tint – for the moisturizer, then lipstick – it was a gift, […]
Noona, Onni, Agassi–Names my Host Family Calls Me
Noona, Onni, Agassi –Names my Host Family Calls Me Before meeting my host family, I thought that living with a Korean family would be a fun, perhaps sometimes challenging cultural experience. I never imagined that we could really come to accept each other as family, especially over the short period of just one school year. […]