Vikingess Voyages

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Cherry Blossom Season & Spring at KyungHee's Seoul Campus

Anette 9:44:00 PM

It seems that spring finally has reached Seoul, and the sakura has started blooming all over Seoul. The Kyunghee Campus in Seoul must be one of the best places for pretty pictures of sakura, as the campus is full of them. Yesterday I took the trip to Seoul with some of my friends from GIP, and we stopped...

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Random

Dove Real Beauty - How Other People Perceive You

Anette 11:49:00 AM

In todays society we are always faced with a huge pressure of looking good in every situation. Many people live with the fear that they don't live up to the ideal of the society, where the media constantly tell us that we need the right clothes and makeup in order to look good. When I was a kid...

Friday, April 12, 2013

Work in Japan

就職活動終わり：I'm officially a Future Rakuten Employee!

Anette 9:44:00 PM

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Korea

South Korea - On the Verge of War?

Anette 1:41:00 PM

Living in South Korea has become a bit intense lately, with mr. Kim in the North rattling his saber and coming with new threats every week. The distance from the Korean border to Seoul is just around 31 miles, which means that in theory the North Koreans could reach Seoul within an hour or two, and...

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Seoul

Seoul's Best Toilet!

Anette 12:43:00 PM

Seoul has become one of the world's most modern city, a place where you are almost guaranteed to find the latest technological inventions and gadgets. On the other hand, it is also a city of history where you can find beautiful art and buildings from the far past. Since Seoul is a city that holds a...

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Temple

Temple stay in Haeinsa Temple (海印寺・해인사)

Anette 3:41:00 PM

Haeinsa temple is one of the most famous temples in Korea, built in 802 and home to the Tripitaka Buddhist scriptures, which earned the temple a spot on UNESCO's world heritage list in 1995. The temple is situated up in the Kaya mountain, and getting there can be a bit complicated, but it is definitively...

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Temple

Busan: Yonggung Temple (용궁사・龍宮寺)

Anette 8:49:00 PM

Busan's most famous temple, the Yonggungsa, is situated in the eastern outskirts of the city. As we were staying close to the Haeundae beach it was also quite easy to get to the temple, since you can take bus number 181 which leaves from right outside the Heaundae station to get there. In our case,...

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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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