This is my favorite time of year in Korea. It’s the season of cherry blossoms, beautiful weather, street food, and glowing lanterns. For the third year in a row, we walked to the Sincheon River park near our apartment and celebrated Buddha’s birthday at one of Daegu’s many lantern festivals.
We drove up to Seoul over a long weekend and immediately regretted it the moment we approached the outskirts of the city. What was to be a 3-4 hour drive turned…
Every so often an American or English-singing band will have a tour stop in Korea to/from Japan, although usually that happens in Seoul, on a weeknight. In the past year and…
Why yes, it’s another festival. It is summer in Korea after all. We attended Daegu’s Colorful Festival last year, but, not quite certain how to navigate the festival and confused by…
Buddha's birthday is one of my most favorite times of year in Korea. Colorful lanterns begin to pop up everywhere, decorating bridges and adorning buildings. Rows and rows of glowing lanterns…
The Boryeong mud festival is probably the most well-known and popular Korean festival, at least for expats and foreign tourists. Originally started as a means to promote the therapeutic properties of…
The Daegu Chimac Festival is still relatively new -- only a couple years old -- but is probably one of the most popular festivals here in Daegu. "Chimac" (also known as…
This was the inaugural year of the Dalseong Tomato Festival and as usual, we had no idea what to expect. The website spoke of tomato water fueled water gun fights, finding…
A week long lantern festival came to an end last Saturday, but not before one last brilliant moment of glory: hundreds of colored lanterns fueled by candlelight drifted up into the…