Korean Food

Finally, we got to eat some Korean food today. While we had planned to try out Korean food in the last several months at Kimchi Korean Restaurant in State College, PA, we never made it. Today was our first real experience with Korean food. Because we tasted some bad Kimchi at a Chinese restaurant in … Read more

Thou Shalt Not Be Ethnocentric

In an environment where so much is new, there’s a lot of stuff to process. Each morning, I’ve been waking up very early (Korea Time), thinking about our experience here. After a while, I finally get up and write. We’ve been sharing some observations and impressions about the culture here, including our challenges with the … Read more

More Impressions

Earlier, I wrote about some of our first impressions of the culture here in Seoul. Here are a couple more … Seoul is a safe city. Seoul, with its population of 10.3 million people, is the 5th largest city in the world. Even so, it has a very low crime rate. AsainInfo.com says, “Seoul is … Read more

Familiar Places

Yesterday, when we first ventured out onto the streets of Seoul, there were not too many people on the sidewalks, due to the Lunar New Year holiday. Many shops and businesses were closed, which made eating a bit of a challenge! 😯 We went for a walk to find breakfast and to get something to … Read more

First Impressions

Our first post from Korea marked the first 30 Hours of our trip to Korea, from the time we got up at home till the time we arrived in our room at the guest house. So, after our first 30 hours in Seoul, here are some of my first impressions … Seoul is a modern … Read more

30 Hours

We’re in Korea! In fact, we’ve just finished a marathon day, so the following thumbnail sketch may not be as good as it could be. This long post is really a series of short posts in one. 🙂 State College → Detroit On Tuesday morning, we got up at 2:45 (Eastern Time) on about 3 … Read more

Blogging in Korea

You are invited to experience our adventure to Korea with us through this blog! We should be able to blog while we’re in Korea. If we get to stay at the SWS Guest House, we’re hoping to stay in one of the rooms that has a computer. If we’re limited to a room without a … Read more

The Takeaway

We are excited about going to see, meet, and receive our baby boy in Korea. However, there’s one part of this adventure that’s going to be difficult — the takeaway. You see, Ethan (who doesn’t even know that his name is going to be “Ethan”) doesn’t know that in a couple days, two people on … Read more

{Parenting} Shaping a Trustee Culture

I think I am going wrap up this discussion of the kind of culture we want to shape in our home with this post. I’m sure there are parts I’ve missed but I think what I’ve written so far is more than enough to get us started! 🙂 Shaping a Trustee Culture. In a trustee … Read more

An Emotional Roller Coaster

This week has been quite an emotional roller coaster! On Monday we experienced great relief when we emailed drafts of our final two chapters to our mentor. On Tuesday we were elated when we received the call informing us that our baby was ready for travel. Wednesday through Friday, though, were spent tying up loose … Read more