Travel Decisions & Expat Lifestyle.
Holidaymakers go wild for a trip to Bali. But how can you ensure that you have the best personalised experience in this Indonesian province? What are your first thoughts when you find out you’re going on a trip to Bali? Wellness lodges and yoga retreats? Surfing schools and waterfall hikes? Bali is a tourist hotspot, …
What will help you remember a truly wonderful trip to South Korea better than personalised jewellery? Try a Korean ring-making class to create bling like no other… Couple outfits are everywhere in Korea. But how about going a step further and getting couple rings? Or friendship jewellery. Or the perfect gift for your dear mother. …
If you thought moving abroad was scary, you’ve clearly not tried moving back home. So how can you easily adjust to life at home after living abroad? It takes a lot of courage to step up and start a new life in a different country. But the transition when you come home can be equally …
That’s it. Finished. Complete. Done. I’m leaving South Korea and I already miss it… After living in South Korea for two years, I’ve had fantastic moments (along with a few challenges). Living abroad is a wondrous challenge filled with self-growth, adventure and life-changing memories. I’m not the same girl who hesitantly touched down at Incheon …
Your first week as an EPIK teacher won’t see you teaching classes. Instead, it’ll be more like you’re the student. Learn how to get ready for EPIK orientation with this guide… When you first arrive in South Korea, EPIK won’t dump you in a random city straightaway. EPIK won’t leave you to fend for yourself …
Je ne comprends pas? If you didn’t understand that sentence, you now know what it’s like to live with language barriers… Moving to another country will present you with countless opportunities as well as constant limitations. On the one hand, you get the chance to meet so many new, fabulous people from different cultures. On …
It’s time to go home. But it seems that you have more stuff than when you arrived. So what’s the best way to pack up your life abroad and head back home? You’ve been an expat for a while now and in that time you’ve built quite the life for yourself. You’ve bought clothes and …
Thank you to South Korea for being the place where I’ve met some of my nearest and dearest friends. Here’s a little tale of friendship and love… Two years ago I moved thousands of miles away from my little house in the British countryside to start an adventure in Korea. Like many expats and solo …
A five, six, seven, eight. Are you ready for your class at 1 Million’s Dance Studio? Before coming to Korea, I was already obsessed with 1 Million Dance Studio’s YouTube channel (check it out here). The cool swagger of the dancers and the innovative choreography hypnotised me, and I knew that attending a class was …
You want to flex your Korean skills and take TOPIK, but how should you prepare and what should you know beforehand? If you’ve got a fascination with K-dramas and K-pop, you might have already taken a shot at learning Korean. Or you could be living in the country and you’ve begun to think that it’s …