Art Village in Namhae, South Korea

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Meagan & Dave | HappilyEverExpat.com

After our stay at the Hi Class Pension in Namhae, we had breakfast at the Hilton and then set out for some sightseeing. If we hadn’t been going to the Hilton, we might have never noticed the art village, but we are so glad that we stumbled across it.

Can you spot the Hilton in the background?

Namhae Island is a really rural area full of rice and garlic fields. As we pulled out of the Hilton, we spotted a mural of The Simpsons.

I decided I wanted to explore further so we drove up the narrow street through the village.

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Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Meagan & Dave | HappilyEverExpat.com

The Busan International Film Festival started back in 1996 and now it’s one of the best film festivals in the world. Up until 2011 it was called PIFF, but they finally changed it from Pusan to Busan. They also changed the location from PIFF Square in Nampo-dong to the Haeundae area (Centum City/Shensegae). They built the new Busan Cinema Center especially for BIFF. It is really spectacular!

The festival runs every year in October and the opening film sold out in 7 seconds this year! Weekend tickets are also hard to come by. Your best bet might be trying to go to a film during the week. Getting tickets can prove difficult for foreigners so it’s helpful to have a Korean friend buy tickets for you.

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Say WHAT?!

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Meagan & Dave | HappilyEverExpat.com

At Haeundae Beach in Busan, South Korea there is some wall art that left me amazed and confused. I have to admit, I did think it was a bit ridikiles.

Say WHAT?!

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Meagan & Dave | HappilyEverExpat.com

Dave spotted this shirt at our local grocery store.

“Parachuting it seem to be casual.”

Do you agree??

How I met an Australian guy in Korea…

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Meagan & Dave | HappilyEverExpat.com

I recently realized that I haven’t been very personal on my blog in some time. I feel like my readers aren’t getting a real sense about what life is like for me in Korea or what I’ve been up to, other than going on so many fabulous adventures. Each week (at least until I run out of interesting tid-bits) I will be sharing something a bit personal with you. If you have any questions for me, PLEASE leave them in the comments. I’d love to answer them.

This week I am going to tell you the story about how I met Dave.

Photo by Aaron Nicholas Photography

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Hi Class Pension, Namhae Island Review

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Meagan & Dave | HappilyEverExpat.com

I first heard of the Hi Class Pension (now called High Class Pool Villa) through Everyday Korea, a blog that has a section on unique accommodation in Korea (among other things). Dave and I had just come back from Phuket where we stayed in an amazing pool villa and we were craving more. We checked the prices on the Hi Class website and were really shocked by how expensive they were! In fact, at $700 a night (during high season), they were more per night than our Phuket pool villa. I was a bit hesitant about staying at Hi-Class for that price, but Dave decided that we should bite the bullet and do it, just for a night.

Hi Class pool villa

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Say WHAT?!

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Meagan & Dave | HappilyEverExpat.com

Dave and I saw this coffee shop sign in Seoul Station.

Sounds a lot like Cinderella, but are you as confused as we were?

Say WHAT?!

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Meagan & Dave | HappilyEverExpat.com

While Melissa and Mendi were here we walked through a street market and saw this shirt on sale for only 5,000 won (about $5)!

Sometimes seemingly innocent words end up meaning something a little bit more scandalous…

Korea Bucket List – 15 Must See Places in Korea

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Meagan & Dave | HappilyEverExpat.com

I reached out to my travel blogger friends to see who had been to South Korea and what amazing place or experience they think should be on everyone’s “Korea Bucket List.” I’m really happy with the responses and I think they made a pretty good list.

WheresSharon.com This information is by Sharon from Where’s Sharon? (and Joshua, Soraya and Isaac), a blog originally about Sharon’s journeys around the world, but now about exploring the world with two little ones in tow – the good, the bad and the (hopefully not too) ugly. You can also find them on Facebook.

Looking across the border to North Korea. The line on the ground between the two blue UN buildings is the border.

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Say WHAT?!

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Meagan & Dave | HappilyEverExpat.com

This is a total generalization, but I’ll go out on a limb here and say that Koreans seem to be completely obsessed with POOP! You can find it in many different forms… from toilet museums, poop shaped snack food to poop that you can wear.

Today’s Say WHAT?! is a pair of socks that I picked up at Daiso, a huge dollar store chain in Korea (and Japan). At the top it says ddong, which literally means “shit.”

Would you wear these socks?