Vikingess Voyages

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Seoul Sightseeing: Bongsunsa Temple (봉선사)

Anette 9:02:00 PM

Today I got visitors at my campus here in Korea for the first time!! Haha.. Tomoya and I in front of the entrance gate to Bongsunsa Tomoya and his friend Ryosuke had actually taken the ferry from Osaka to Busan, and from there they drove all through South Korea in Ryosuke's family car. Yesterday...

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Kyung Hee

Kyung Hee GIP life!

Anette 10:41:00 AM

Here comes a small blog update from Korea! Lately I have been quite busy with school, and as there really isn't a lot to do in the area here I haven't had the chance to do that much beside life here at the school. So mostly my time has been spent studying, but since I have to finish most of my...

Monday, September 17, 2012

Illumination

Student Life and Travels Illustrations from Invisible Paperclip!

Anette 6:53:00 PM

This post is dedicated to my friend Jostein, and his blog Invisible Paperclip! Jostein is a really great drawer, and a little while back he promised me to make som illustrations I could use for my blog. And here you can see the result! Lucky! ^^ Invisible Paperclip is a blog where Jostein shares...

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Music

Gangnam Style & Britney Spears

Anette 10:53:00 PM

Well well, I guess this post is a little bit different from my other, more serious (?) posts. But since I'm currently living in South Korea I can't help but write a tiny post about the most popular Korean song at the moment, the so-called Gangnam Style. For those of you who still aren't familiar with...

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Seoul

Korean Radio Debut at TBS!

Anette 1:12:00 PM

Yesterday I had the honor of getting interviewed at the TBS eFM's raido show "1013 Mainstreet" along with three other students from the Graduate Institute of Peace Studies at Kyung Hee. We talked about various topics, such as our experiences before coming to Korea, and our plans and dreams of (hopefully)...

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Volunteer

My Blogpost on United Earth's Blog

Anette 7:11:00 PM

For those of you out there who can read Japanese, here is a blog post written by me on United Earth's home page!...

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Kyung Hee

Introduction Week at Kyung Hee University (경희대학)

Anette 7:43:00 PM

My first week at Kyung Hee University is over, and I must say it's been an interesting week in many ways. One of the statues at campus I came here through Ritsumeikan University's Double Master Degree Program, and Kyung Hee's Graduate Institute of Peace Studies (GIP) will be my new home for the coming...

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A modern-day shield-maiden who loves to explore the unbeaten paths of the world. From her base in Tokyo, Anette takes on both rural and urban challenges, and on her path, she has overcome anything from natural wilderness and cultural barriers to commuting in overcrowded Tokyo trains.

Life is too short to be stuck on one page, and this mindset reflects the diversity of Anette’s blog.
Besides being a career woman she is also a globetrotter, with 39 countries and counting.
No challenge too big, no adventure too small!

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