This weekend I took my husband to the last place any self-respecting husband ever wants to go with his wife–the mall. But not just any mall. We went to the biggest mall in the whole world. Shinsegae Centumcity is located in downtown Busan Korea, a port city and the second largest city of Korea. It has been in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest retail space since its construction in 2009.
PLACES
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10 Great Reasons to Visit Thailand During Any Time of the Year
Why I Fell in Love with Phuket, Bangkok, and Chiang Mai Thailand has captured my heart, and I am eagerly counting down the days until my return. I had a feeling I would love it, but I never anticipated just how deeply it would resonate with me. Despite all the…
LIFESTYLE
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The Making of an American K-Pop: for People Who Love Music in Korea
She dimmed the lights and the room took on the appearance of a night club. It was 9am and the neon lights flooded down from the ceiling in geometric shapes that danced on the wooden floor. Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass filtered down from the speakers on the forever cemented that song as the first song I danced to in a “Korean nightclub”.
PLACES
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Hotel B: for Travelers Who Love Cherry Blossoms and Gwangju
We stayed at the Hotel B in Gwangju when we traveled south the Boseong Tea Plantations and Light Festival just prior to Christmas. Each room includes a flat-screen TV with cable, a kettle, slippers & robes and free toiletries. You gotta have slippers, right?
MILITARY RELATED
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My First Month in Daegu: Practical Tips for Military Spouses
When you PCS to South Korea, you will have some struggles. And because a very good friend of mine is en route and these are some of the things we talked about. In short, you won’t find a lot of information BEFORE you PCS. I didn’t find much info before…
CULINARY TRAVEL
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Hiking, Laughter, and Great Food in Cinque Terre, Italy
We had lunch in town and everything we ate was absolutely delicious.There are no museums or tourist attractions per se along the Cinque Terra. Just restaurants, some family owned shops, B&Bs and the hiking trails and the ocean and I hope that never changes. The drive back to the station a few days later was far less adventurous.
PLACES
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Weekend Trips in Asia: Quick Getaways from Daegu, South Korea
My life had been thrown in a tailspin. We were moving 7,000 miles across the world from Fort Lee Virginia to Camp Henry in Daegu South Korea. We had to hire a realtor, find an apartment which took 3 months and get to all the Asian traveling we had imagined when we accepted this assignment. The year took us all over South Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia and Thailand and we’re just getting started. 2016 is going to be even better.
CULINARY TRAVEL
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Magic in the Jar: Opening the Healing Powers of Kimchi
Korea’s magical of kimchi: a flavorful fermented veggie that has countless medicinal properties, curing everything from broken legs to acne– stopping short of it being placed in IVs for cancer patients.