Noryangjin Fish Market Noryangjin Fish Market in Seoul is still one of Korea’s biggest seafood markets. It is an extensive farmers fish market in the neighborhood of Noryangjin-dong in Dongjak-gu, and is located east of Building 63. To get there, take the subway from Chungmuro Station (Line 4) to Seoul Station and transfer to Line […]
We’d love for you to join us on Saturday, March 16 at 7:30pm at Big Rock Brewery in Gangnam to meet other AT Teachers and the AT Team! As a new school year starts up in Korea, we’re getting the AT teachers together for a night out in Seoul. It will be a fun, casual […]
Seoul Rooftop A few months ago, I stayed with my friend in Itaewon before an early morning flight from Incheon to Hong Kong for a quick holiday. I woke up early, anxious for my holiday and climbed up to his Seoul rooftop to check-out the city views from his tiled roof. It was a chilly […]
Ice Skating in Seoul Dig out your ice skates (because I’m sure you brought them with you), and start reviewing your triple sow cow technique, because this Holiday Adventure will have you gliding through the Seoul Plaza in style. Ok, let’s be honest, a lot of us won’t be so much gliding as wide-eyed and wobbling, […]
Busan Temple: Haedong Yonggungsa Temple From AT Teacher, Alex Mottern: “This is the most beautiful temple I have ever seen. And I can’t wait to go back in Spring via the hike from Haeundae. The beauty of the Haedong Yonggung Temple does not simply come from the massive gold buddha, but from a dragon statue surrounded […]
Seughaksan Busan An Adventure Teaching teacher, Alex Mottern went hiking Seughaksan in Busan last week and took some beautiful photos: “I went hiking to Seughaksan a second time and finally made it to the top! It has beautiful views of Seo-gu (Hadan, Dongdaesin and the island Eulsukdo). There are some lovely flowers up there as well, and the […]
DMZ Korean Demilitarized Zone: Korea is the only divided country in the world, and the DMZ is that area between the two Koreas. After the Korean War (June 25 1950 – July 27 1953), South Korea and North Korea established a border that cut the Korean peninsula roughly in half. Various organizations offer DMZ guided tours. […]
Ulsanbawi The sound of a megaphone pierces the crisp autumn air as masses of people arrive, and stand around the shopkeeper. The man shouts, “Hot kopi! Hot kopi! 2000 won!” in Konglish, because he saw my group of foreign friends approaching. The sound of the megaphone reproduces his voice in a slightly tinny, distorted fashion, […]
Sinsa dong Need a little break from Korean culture? Go to Paris! Paris in Korea, that is. Pull out your beret, brush up on your French, and head to Garosu-gil street in Sinsa dong. Maybe I’m getting ahead of myself – nobody there speaks French and the bakeries aren’t filled with baguettes, but this lovely […]
After a long night of partying in Seoul, I woke up at the crack of dawn (12:30pm) to the sound of incessant ringing. It was Daniel and Phil: turns out, it was a beautiful day, and they wanted to hike. Instead of sitting in bed massaging my throbbing head, I decided to get out of […]