“There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe,…

Hopeful for another 3am start to see sunrise from the highest point in mainland South Korea we left on Halloween night for Jirisan National Park.  Halloween delays in the city and slippery…

Field trips are great.  They can be exhausting for students and teachers alike but its a welcome reprieve from the classroom and an exciting opportunity to see a different side of each…

I love Seoraksan National Park, I hate early mornings.  3 am.  “I can do this!” I thought to myself. Nope.  I give up, you win this round nature.  I closed my eyes.…

I love photography and I love Boston.  Julian Tryba has done an amazing job of combining these two infatuations with a brand new photography technique he is calling layer lapse.  Tryba uses…

Paul Krugman, “Nobel Prize-winning economist, once one of the president’s most notable critics, why Obama is a historic success” recently wrote an enlightening article for the Rolling Stone.  Titled In Defense of Obama…

11 months ago I jumped on a bus for the first time and headed to Sokcho; Seoraksan was on my mind.  I was told Seoraksan National Park was the best place to go during…

Namhae island sports a beautiful array of forested trails so of course Seoul Hiking Group picked the best one for our sunrise hike!  The bus left our sleeping counterparts at the pension…

Namhae, a gorgeous island of the southern coast off South Korea hosts a German Oktoberfest every year.  We arrived in the wee hours of the morning after enjoying Jinju’s lantern festival and…