Korea has a peculiar fascination with Teddy Bear Museums. There are two on Jeju Island, one in Seoul, and two in Gyeongju. I have been fortunate to visit three of the Teddy Bear Museums during my stay and each has its own unique charm to amuse and marvel visitors with the creative ingenuity of the artists.Jeju Teddy Bear MuseumDespite its small size Jeju is fortunate to have two Teddy Bear Museums. The first Teddy Bear Museum I ever visited was in the Jungmun res...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Sci Fi Show Doctor Who the BBC had decided to have a simulcast live screening in movie theatres around the world of the 3D special so that fans could see it at the same time as the UK broadcast with no worries about internet leaks/spoilers before it airs in respective territories.This was an unprecedented first for a live simultaneous worldwide broadcast in movie theatres and proved to be a logistical nightmare managing th...

I heard there was going to be a Doctor Who convention in Toronto. This is unusual because the fan base is not that large, it being a British show and in competition with big budget US shows like Star Trek. Typically these tend to be small with about 50-100 people attending and one guest, some minor companion that a low budget convention can afford.This time there was to be not one but four guests. And even more astonishing they were able to get one of the actors ...

My two month adventure is over and I'm finally back home with my family in Toronto. This was the longest adventure I had ever done with only 2-3 wk trips in the past. This brought its advantages and disadvantages, most notably hauling luggage, and having my laptop for daily blogging.Travelling to Budapest to do the four week Celta training course the flight and apartment were paid for as part of the course so in a way I got a 'free trip' by adding some extra trav...