25 Memorable Things From Our Trip to Korea (Part 2)
The Lexplorers Team recently spent 2 weeks in Korea, and we came up with a list of 25 memorable things from our trip (here is Part 1). One of our favorite things from the...
The Lexplorers Team recently spent 2 weeks in Korea, and we came up with a list of 25 memorable things from our trip (here is Part 1). One of our favorite things from the...
The Lexplorers Team recently spent 2 weeks in Korea, and, wow, what an awesome experience! We met lots of wonderful , friendly, and welcoming people. We visited historic palaces, Buddhist temples, royal burial mounds,...
We were having dinner recently with some German friends, and the conversation turned to foreign language instruction in high school. Our friends have a son in a high school (Gymnasium) in Bavaria, where each...
The South Korean hosts of the PyeongChang Olympics have created what they are calling a “Language Free Zone.” According to the Korea Tourism Organization press release: A Language Free Zone has been set up...
Winter recess is drawing to a close, and the Lexplorers have been deep in preparation for our upcoming trip to Korea, including reserving our flights on Korean Air. We started the winter recess with...
The votes have been counted, and the Lexplorers are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Lexies. In determining the Lexies winners, we focused particularly on 2017 arrivals that had interesting elements of...
The Lexplorers have been enjoying our series of book reviews of What Were They Thinking? travel adventures, in which we can live vicariously through the fascinating (and often terrifying) accounts of authors who have...
The Lexplorers Podcast has been on hiatus for a few months while we focus on our other projects, including making progress on the Couch to Korean Challenge and writing up our backlog of Lexplorers...
Last week was Halloween, and as the Lexplorers were sitting out on the stoop handing out candy to trick-or-treaters, we got to thinking about Halloween words. Halloween as a holiday, and many of its...
My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth by: Wendy E. Simmons Lexplorers rating: 8.5/10 Amazon.com average customer rating: 4.2/5 Continuing our series of Lexplorers reviews of “What Were They Thinking? travel...