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...
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25 Memorable Things From Our Trip to Korea (Part 1)
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,...
Language Free Zone at the PyeongChang Olympics
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...
Dish-to-Pass Supper in Podunk: A Lexploration in Central New York
A few weeks ago, sated on a traditional Thanksgiving Tofurky feast (a portmanteau of tofu and turkey that should not be confused with tofucken or turducken), I had the pleasure of spending a few...
Book Review: The Rory Stewart Crazy Train Trilogy
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...
Book Review: Couchsurfing Im Iran
Couchsurfing Im Iran: Meine Reise hinter verschlossene Türen by: Stephan Orth Lexplorers rating: 8.0/10 Amazon (amazon.de) average customer rating: 4.3/5 Next up in our series of Lexplorers reviews of “What Were They Thinking? travel...
Book Review: My Holiday in North Korea
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...
Book Review: Round Ireland With a Fridge
Round Ireland With a Fridge by Tony Hawks Lexplorers rating: 7/10 Amazon.com average customer rating: 4.4/5 The Lexplorers summer reading list included a fairly diverse range of topics, from our usual linguistics and...
What We Did On Our Summer Vacation
The Lexplorers had a very fun and eventful summer, most of it spent far from the keyboard. Now that the summer is drawing to a close, we will be spending some time catching up...
