The first day of the rest of your life
I answer a lot of questions about our TESOL and Experience Spanish Immersion trip to Ecuador, but one of the most common unknowns is “What will it be like when I arrive?” Here’s a quick look at your first day in Quito… After flying over ocean and mountains, you’ll arrive in Quito and we’ll be…
Lessons From A Few Years Spent in the World (4 of 5)
by Jake Hollingsworth // Seoul, South Korea // www.JakeHollingsworth.net Apparently, around midnight on Saturday, the subway stops running between Noryangjin and Hapjeong Station. Maybe it was just down for maintenance. Or, quite possibly, we were naive foreigners in over our heads. Either way, we were stuck. My wife and I had opted for a weekend…
Lessons From A Few Years Spent in the World (3 of 5)
by Jake Hollingsworth // Seoul, South Korea // www.JakeHollingsworth.net My first teaching assignment was just a bit off the grid… Buseok, a tiny farming community on the outskirts of Yeongju, goes mostly unnoticed. Ask any Korean to point out the obscure little town on a map, and you’ll get a variety of blank stares, nervous…