It’s now been a little over a week that I’ve been in Prague, and I’m having a wonderful time here. After a year of saving and planning, I managed to get myself over here to the beautiful Czech Republic to delve into an intensive 2 week marionette (string puppet) carving course at the Puppets in Prague school. (There is more information about the school here: http://www.puppetsinprague.eu). I knew very little about this country before I arrived – I only kn...

Despite the title of this blog, I have made a brief pit stop in wonderful Korea to visit relatives. I feel as though I have spent this last week being 'quintessentially Korean' - that is, spending time with family and eating lots and lots of delicious food (though I understand this practice is more widespread than in Korean culture alone). When I got off the plane, my jetlag rendered me completely susceptible to my aunt's 'makeover' tendencies. I soon found myse...