I am starting a gratitude journal to see the positives in life and make myself aware of how blessed I am in the life I lead. Today I'm thankful for: 1- a relatively stress free job and the ability to do it pretty well! 2- being able to afford to treat myself to a yummy caramel macchiato, even if it is non paleo! 3- the good friends I've made abroad who make it that much easier being away from my family and friends back home. 4- warmer weather bringing a smil...

So I've been living in Seoul for 7 months now! Wow how time flies! We are in the midst of Korea's long winter now, with average temperatures of minus 6 Celsius. It snows every few weeks and the temperature rises to above freezing every so often and some of the ice thaws so for the most part the footpaths and roads have been ok. But it's not going to get warmer til the end of March! WHAT?! I seriously should have researched the climate here a bit better before j...

Things I love about life in Seoul: There's always something happening: a couple of weeks ago we had an International Food Festival in my neighborhood. A huge event with street vendors selling foods from different countries from all corners of the world, as well as parades and performances by day. There's a Lantern Festival ongoing at the moment, which runs for a couple of weeks with lanterns lighting up the stream in the middle of the city. The weather foreca...

Wow I've been here almost 8 weeks now! I absolutely love living in Seoul, from the moment I got here I just had this feeling that this was the place for me and I've enjoyed every minute since. Despite the fact that I arrived back in early August at the height of the summer which meant 80% humidity and temperatues of 35-40 celcius, I managed to adapt (AC helped). So first thing first, the apartment. I'm lucky to be living not only 10 minutes walk from my school b...

So water festival break is almost over and it's back to work for the last three weeks now, time is flying by! Bagan was really nice, a quaint little area, just getting there was half the fun of the trip! Our boat journey took 18 hours, we left Mandalay at 5:30am and arrived around midnight! The slow boat was crammed full: a few foreigners, loads of locals, bags of rice, watermelons and sheet metal among other things! There was an area with plastic chairs at one ...