The end of October and first of November are a celebration of color here in Korea. One example is the Daecheong Lake Chrysanthemum Festival. As you can see when you look at the Gallery of pictures the variety is marvelous. I took a few of my students last weekend so there are a few pictures of them and some of a colleagues kids too. It has been a really great fall. The trees are in full color this week and the air is crisp. It has even been a little windy the last couple days so it feels a bit like home back in Kansas. It is hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner but it is coming fast. I hope I can keep up with all the things that need to get done in the next four or five weeks. Enjoy the pictures!

Chuseok Road Trip

I just wanted to make a quick post to show why you need to drive through the Korean country to get a real feel for the beauty to be seen here. (It is not always long legs and shorts) Take a look at a few of the pictures taken on my four day, 1,100 km road-trip (yes, on my motorcycle) through the northeast and along the east coast of Korea. Even in the rain you can't escape the natural beauty of this country.

Wet September

Well, after one of the wettest August in Korean history, we have begun the month of September with what has to be one of the wettest first 14 days for the month. It did dry out enough to take in the annual Nangye and Grape Festival in Youngdong on the 4th. In fact for a day, it was actually bright and on the hot side, but you can see from the pics it was a good time for all that attended.

This weekend kicks off the annual Baekjae Kindom Festival held in Gongju and Buyeo. Pictures for that will be in the next entry. The middle school students took part in a Love-All-Serve-All (LASA) trip to the Nuri Center and got a little hands-on experience working with young people with various disabilities. Yes it rained most of the time but was a great experience for them.

August/ Sept Things to Do

Well, it is fall in Korea and that means festival time. Actually it seems there is always a festival of some kind going on. Some festivals that happen close to Daejeon are the Nangye/Grape Festival in Yeongdong, the Geumsan Genseng Festival in Geumsan, and the Baekje Festival in Gongju and Buyeo. I have links in the link section for all of these and some sports information as well. Other items to follow will be more on places to visit in Daejeon like the National Science Museum, O-World (the zoo), and some parks you might like to visit.

Welcome

Hello all!

If you are here you have chosen to check out my Korea travel and event blog. As you might guess from the name of the blog I live in Daejeon, South Korea but this site is not just about Daejeon. I hope to help folks know and share about happenings around Korea including sporting events, festivals and places to visit in and around Daejeon. It seems to me there is a lot of information about Seoul already out there so I am not going to devote much time to promote things there. Please feel free to advise about things going on that I may not have anything about as the more information we have the better. If you have lived in Korea for any time you know that getting information about activities can be hard to come by at times. I am always taken back when a Korean staff person at my work asks if I went to something that happened the week before without ever telling me about it in the first place. Anyway, I will attempt to help, if in only a small way, to help expats and visitors to Korea know of happenings in our area.