Author: Andreas Boltres

This is the last post, thank you for reading.   At the time of writing I’m on my way to Busan, having left behind Seoul for good. To be honest, I can...

I feel dyslexic today. If you find spelling errors, keep them safe from sunlight, kids and cats and store them below 25°C! 18. The number of days I have left in...

Another 4 weeks passed and I feel the end coming closer. Although I just arrived 9 hours ago from my mid-semester-escape to Malaysia and Singapore (let’s ...

Air Pollution. The most relevant aspect of my life these days. So prepare for a whole post about it. As opposed to my first semester in Seoul, I can very well f...

There are no interesting pics to show to this topic either- instead, I included some images from my stay in Thailand and Laos! EDIT 1: I’ll at least try t...

(If you came here for pics, don’t bother reading this post.) I came to Korea more than six months ago, and to be fair I still can’t talk to the loca...

The Winter Olympics of PyeongChang2018 are over. Nonetheless, I’d like to share my view on the whole Olympics and the day of February 18, on which I watch...

I’m back in my university environment, although lectures only start from march. My voyage through SE Asia is over, is was a unique experience worth every ...

Today marks four months since I arrived in Korea, and in terms of study the first half of my adventure is over. I find it quite fitting that I’m writing t...

Winter has come, bringing a maximum of 9 hours of sunshine per day and maximum temperatures just above zero degrees (soon going into the two-digit negatives at ...

What the heck, in 6 weeks I’m going home already!? That’s the recent realization all of my exchange student friends who stay here for only one semes...

Long time no real content! But this is going to change now. The last weeks, everyday unfolded itself just as described earlier. This means, university stuff dur...

I’m sorry, nothing new for you to read yet. Midterm exam is coming, vacation is coming, everyday life is continuing, and whenever I have some spare time o...

After the long and marvellous late summer, this Thursday suddenly sees zero hours of sunshine and a maximum Temperature of 13°C. What worries me more however ar...

New, fresh and exciting experiences aside: six weeks have passed already for me since I arrived in Seoul! Things have started to become habits, and the feeling ...

Have you noticed that, so far, I only shared positive experiences (with whoever is still reading this)? It’s time to change that. tl;dr: my courses suck, ...

This is only the third week of courses (a post on those will follow on friday), yet the most popular topic among the other exchange students is fleeing Seoul an...

tl;dr: Yummy food overall, free water everywhere, preferring the Korean eating culture.   First of all I can assure you: not only won’t I starve in t...

Oops, as the lectures have started, I actually have to invest some time to keep this blog alive! So, besides the fun activities I’ve done with the other i...

No doubt: there were quite some stereotypes and prejudices I had of the Korean people when I got here. Some deemed themselves true, some false. Here’s a q...

Kimchi with rice, instant ramen soup, bananas, peaches, milk and cereals. I can now assure you that I won’t starve to death. While I didn’t taste mu...

Okay, the first impressions have settled, time to talk about that place I live in. In Korea, take a narrow hallway and a handful of tiny bedrooms, Add a shared ...

Sitting here in my room, crying. Not because I can’t handle being far from my loved ones, but because I can’t handle that spicy ramen soup…

Okay, so it has happened: I’m finally in Korea, inside my tiny Goshiwon room (explanation following soon), fighting against jetlag and that unbelievable l...

Okay, so what is this all about? For the academic year of 2017/2018, I’m going to be an exchange student at Seoul National University in South Korea, spen...