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What was the scariest moment you've had while traveling?
Oh goodness, I'm so glad you asked because I'm not sure I've ever told this story before. We were in Thailand at a night market. By the time we left, most of the cabs and tuk tuks had been taken and it was a good several mile walk back to where we were staying. Well, in Thailand, you have the option of renting a motorbike much like a cab. There is a driver, and you just hop on the back. This looked like a safe option...that is until we started driving. It was the driver, then my husband, then myself, all holding on for dear life as the the driver zig zagged through traffic, coming close enough to oncoming cars for me to stick my hand out and touch them. At one point my husband leaned forward and asked the driver if he could hold on to him. Needless to say, we were more than happy to get off of the death machine and we won't be doing that again!
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Casey from We Took the Road Less Traveled asked:When can I come to Korea to visit? ;)
Anytime! We've got a spare blow up mattress and I'll make sure our fridge is fully stocked with kimchi ; )
Also, what are 5 things you miss from America that you can't get living in Korea?
Over the years we actually (thankfully!) miss less and less from back home. But there are still a few that will never go away! Like oatmeal! Ok, we can get it but for $15 a carton! Every time my parents send a package, they make sure to pad it with packs of oatmeal for us. Next up is Mexican food, nothing compares to back in the states. Actually many times my parents will send us chips from our favorite Mexican spot back home. Needless to say, they don't last long in our house. Other things we miss include being able to find our sizes in any store we go into, cheap diner breakfast food (common breakfast here includes seaweed soup, kimchi and rice...it's just not the same), and TARGET! Or really any store that you can go for every.single.thing you could ever want including great clothes and housing supplies. I feel like I have to go to several different stores to find everything I need on my grocery list and clothes and housing items are more expensive than what you can find back in the states.
There's probably so many things I'm forgetting to add to this list!
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Sam from The Married Couple asked: What is your favorite vacation you've been on, and what is your favorite activity, or thing you've visited on a vacation?
Ooh that's a hard one. We've seen some pretty incredible stuff while traveling and it's hard to narrow it down to just one! I'd say our favorite destination so far has been Thailand. There's just so much to do and see and the country is beyond beautiful! Second up would be New Zealand for pretty much the same reasons. Our favorite activity was hands down, snorkeling with whale sharks this summer! It's been on my bucket list ever since moving to Korea and it was beyond explanation how amazing of an experience it was!
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Courtney from A Golden State of Mind asked:Hi, I love you blog it is so well established and polished. I am new to the blogging scene and I just started my blog a few weeks ago, I am wondering if you have any personal experience tips on how you got such a huge following and what really helped your blog "take off" in the beginning?
It seems like it is really difficult to get much exposure even with social media links, ect. I only have 2 Bloglovin followers and 1 of them is myself .
Thank you so much! I mentioned in my last post about connection, content and presentation. But in the very beginning I did a lot of footwork to go around, find blogs I liked and focused on growing relationships. I asked a lot of questions to blogs I admired (some answered, some didn't), and I approached blogs my size to do ad swaps and swap guest posts. I would encourage all blogs starting out to do this along with focus on your blog brand. Kenzie from Chasing Happy has a great series all about this!
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Kailagh from Love Always, Freckles asked:My wonderful question for you is.... What is your dream job, and where is your dream location to do it in?
I studied fashion marketing in university and would love to use my major again someday. I chose my degree because I wanted to work with a company that gave back, and that used fashion to do so. My dream job would be for a company like Warby Parker, 31 Bits, or Apolis. These are all great humanitarian-focused company that are extremely sustainable in their business plans. Instead of just giving things away for free and leaving, which can sometimes create dependency, they work in the communities they are helping to provide knowledge and jobs in order to create a brighter future.
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Emily from Inhabit Your Moments asked:How long were you and the hubby married before deciding you wanted to travel?
We made the decision to move to Korea just a few months before getting married. So the timeline was September-I graduated from university in Chicago and moved to Oklahoma. October-got married. February-moved to Korea! It was all pretty quick but I wouldn't have had it any other way!
Thanks so much for sending in all of your questions! I love answering them all! You have made me realize what things I have neglected to answer in some of my posts so thank you! I have more coming up next Wednesday!
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