I was 20 when I made the decision to live abroad. I can even remember the moment itself, the clear night, stars out, moon’s bright, the open… Read more “Money & Travel – Seeing the Big Picture”
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Moving Back Home and Starting Over
Sitting on my old bedroom floor inside the house in which I grew up, with a mess of clothes next to me, all tangled into a large… Read more “Moving Back Home and Starting Over”
About Feeling Alone in a New Place
The feeling of loneliness doesn’t surprise me. It sort of comes with living on your own and moving abroad. It happens. Some days you feel it creep… Read more “About Feeling Alone in a New Place”
Leaving my Home in Seoul
For the past two years I’ve been so fortunate to have lived abroad. And in a lot of ways, Seoul feels like my home. I remember having… Read more “Leaving my Home in Seoul”
Thoughts on Home
I want to go home, are the words I’d like to utter as I sit beside myself with no-one to voice them to. But what would it… Read more “Thoughts on Home”
Lazy Sunday Morning in Seoul
I think by now we all have a Sunday morning routine. My Sundays back in Cape Town were all about brunching at good coffee shops with the… Read more “Lazy Sunday Morning in Seoul”
A Winter Indoors – Lifestyle Post
This winter has been brutal. I wish I was exaggerating the cold we’ve experienced in Seoul but -17 Degrees Celsius would have anyone fearing a step outside.… Read more “A Winter Indoors – Lifestyle Post”
Catching the Sunrise in Seoul
There are so many things I wish I could do with my time and so many places I’d like to see but most of all, and I… Read more “Catching the Sunrise in Seoul”
Yeongwol South Korea – The Middle of Nowhere
I suddenly felt the urge to run back to the village, the one hidden between the mountain slopes and old valley roads where nobody knows, the one… Read more “Yeongwol South Korea – The Middle of Nowhere”
Teach Abroad – Surviving Korea’s Last Minute Culture
If you’re someone who’s well organised, a perfectionist or German then working in South Korea might just be the thing which drives you off the edge. The… Read more “Teach Abroad – Surviving Korea’s Last Minute Culture”