Category: military life

  • First day in public school in Korea – DODEA Daegu Elementary School and Daegu Middle High School

    Are you ready to go to school and meet new friends? No! I’m pretty excited to see how your day will go. I’m not. I want to stay home with you. Well, it’s the end of September 2018 for us and the first day of public school after a whirlwind move from Virginia to South…

  • Staying at Ramada Pyeongtaek?

    Here’s a quick look in our room, 11122, located on the 11th floor of the 라마다평택호텔 Ramada Pyeongtaek located at 3-24 평택항로184번길, Poseung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do in South Korea. In the short video below I provide a really brief look at what you can expect when staying here. We are a family of four; we brought…

  • Google Translate – it works!

    At a hotel in Korea using their laundry facilities when someone asked us where to put in the fabric softener. We had no idea. While our clothes were drying we found a free translation app that uses your camera or voice and translates what your camera sees or what the microphone hears into your target…