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![I write this post out of absolute necessity. I’ve already elaborated a bit on my fear of Korean food here, but these two recent discoveries require some further attention. Number One: Pizza. When we went to Pizza School the other night, we had two options: Barbecue Pork Ribs Pizza or Pasta Pizza. Craving carbs, and not feeling particularly like picking bones out of our pizza’s […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_7962-200x200.jpg "Spaghetti on my Pizza & Intestines in my Soup: Korean Food Fails")
![At the end of February, the six kids in my old class left me. They all “turned seven” and moved up a grade. Over one weekend (I miss the little brats!). Likewise, the five year olds of the school magically “turned six” on Friday and found themselves a year older in my classroom on Monday morning. Without further ado, let me introduce you to my […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/p1230521-200x200.jpg "Teaching in Seoul: Meet my new kids")
![I’ve been wanting to share with you some of the, well, interesting food experiences I’ve had in this country for quite some time. The problem is, there’s a new experience just about every day, and the moment I sit down to tell you about yesterday’s encounter, another one is on my plate. So we’ll start at square one. In this post, let me familiarize you […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_6049-200x200.jpg "There are Eyes in my Kimchi: Why I was afraid of Korean Food")
![Korea celebrated the Lunar New Year last weekend and we all got Monday off of work. We’d been getting lots of snow, even in the city, so it was a perfect time to take off and play on the slopes for a few days. Our mountain of choice? Phoenix Park, one of a few ski hills in the Pyeongchang region, about 180km east of Seoul. […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/img_7782-200x200.jpg "Snowboarding in Korea: A Very Flat Double Black and Bowls of Hottub Jello")
![In Insadong, tucked away behind the colourful market shops and street vendors selling fried doughnuts filled with red bean and cinnamon, there is the entrance to one of Seoul’s coziest tea houses. Open the door to escape the winter chill, and you find yourself inside a 1940’s locomotive train, complete with railway tracks, plush red velvet train car seats and tray tables. There is even […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "All Aboard! Exploring Korea's tea culture in Insadong")
![Having only so few vacation days as an English teacher in Korea, I wanted to take full advantage of my Christmas holiday. This year I decided to spend Christmas in Indonesia. So on the morning of Thursday, December 24th, I made my way from South Korea to Bali, by way of Taiwan. I had the most ridiculous layover in the Taipei airport, and for the […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/img_6449-200x200.jpg "A Balinese Christmas: Observations from Indonesia")
![“You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown.” – Ella Maillart Have you ever been thankful for an experience you would never wish to repeat? One of my favourite things about travel is how, regardless of where you go and how much you plan for it, the unpredictable always happens. And often times, it can be more […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/img_7371-200x200.jpg "Monkey Bites in Paradise: Or, the Rabid Monkeys of Ubud")
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"The sight of the world put mad ideas into me; as if I could wander away, wander for ever, see strange and beautiful things, one after the other."
~ CS Lewis
Big fan of casually sauntering about the planet. Thumb-war champion, blanket-fort specialist and dog mom. Passionate early-years educator, perogie enthusiast, lifelong Canucks fan and outdoor advocate. Sleeping-in-airports aficionado. Exploring the curious corners of planet earth with a journal and a sense of humour! Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, I've been making bad decisions on the road since 2009. -
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Coast to Coast in 13 Days: The Final Push Across England
04 October 2011 7:34 AM | 42 Comments -
The Legend of Lake Baikal: Waters of Supernatural Power
06 August 2011 5:47 PM | 16 Comments -
10 Benefits of Traveling Solo
22 July 2011 12:49 AM | 59 Comments -
![So I was at the gym the other day, running on the treadmill and flipping channels to find that one English program to zone out to while getting my cardio, when I came across the most amazing thing I have ever seen in the history of things. It was a soccer game. A very, very intense soccer game, with a referee and a large crowd. […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_0961-36x36.jpg "Head Soccer. Or, soccer with heads. Another reason why Korea is awesome.")
Head Soccer. Or, soccer with heads. Another reason why Korea is awesome.
26 April 2010 12:47 PM | 35 Comments -
![I write this post out of absolute necessity. I’ve already elaborated a bit on my fear of Korean food here, but these two recent discoveries require some further attention. Number One: Pizza. When we went to Pizza School the other night, we had two options: Barbecue Pork Ribs Pizza or Pasta Pizza. Craving carbs, and not feeling particularly like picking bones out of our pizza’s […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_7962-36x36.jpg "Spaghetti on my Pizza & Intestines in my Soup: Korean Food Fails")
Spaghetti on my Pizza & Intestines in my Soup: Korean Food Fails
14 April 2010 2:42 PM | 9 Comments
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![It’s a liberating thought. Tantalizing even. You’ve got a house and a mortgage and a car and maybe a kid or a dog and a job. You have a whole life somewhere. But the thought of selling everything, packing a suitcase and moving far away.. maybe it crosses your mind sometimes. To leave all you know behind. To start anew. To experience life on the […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/71167493547__FB0EE4D2-E8D3-4ED5-8E7B-5135BD58E752-36x36.jpg "On Selling Everything and Moving Away")
On Selling Everything and Moving Away
25 February 2024 9:58 AM | No Comments -
![So I’m in the Northern part of Argentina, with a bag holding my sunscreen, some Argentine pesos, my binoculars and a pear. And I’m on a bus to Brazil, apparently, though I don’t know if they will let me in. Theoretically, this bus will take me to the Brazilian side of the Iguazu falls. Theoretically. And I say theoretically because at this rate I am […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_3526.jpeg-scaled.jpg "From Argentina to Brazil, hopefully.")
From Argentina to Brazil, hopefully.
05 January 2024 11:37 AM | No Comments -
![Buenos Aires. Eye-rays, is what I tell my English speaking brain. Not Air-Ees, Eye-Rays. There is something about this place that I can’t put my finger on. We’ve been here a month, and still the city seems to shift, to change. It changes by the time of the day, by the day of the week, almost as the staircases in Hogwarts upend and revise direction, […]](https://www.thevagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_0322-scaled.jpg "On the ground in Buenos Aires")
On the ground in Buenos Aires
06 December 2023 8:42 AM | No Comments -
Warsaw for the win.
25 September 2014 10:38 AM | 4 Comments -
A Welsh-English Camper-Van New Years.
03 August 2014 11:47 PM | 4 Comments
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