Vikingess Voyages

Sunday, May 26, 2013

GIP Homecoming Day

Anette 10:49:00 PM

The GIP peace dove A little while ago all the GIP students participated in the annually Homecoming Day at school for both current and graduated GIP students. This year the event was held in the main campus in Seoul, where we had an evening of speeches, entertainment and good food. Ace,...

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Wedding

White Pigeon Wedding Modeling in Kyoto!

Anette 5:57:00 PM

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Temple

Celebrating Buddha's Birthday and Norway's Constitutional Day in Korea!

Anette 9:34:00 PM

Although most of the Korean citizens have a Christian background they still celebrate Buddha's birthday (부처님 오신 날) as a national holiday. This day is actually a big event in Korea, and temples all over the country has been decorated for the occasion. This year the celebration was held on the 17th...

Monday, May 13, 2013

Kyung Hee

Korean Teacher's Day

Anette 5:15:00 PM

In Korea May 15th represent the day of the teacher (스승의 날), and here at school we have also been introduced to this tradition through our Korean classmates who have been preparing for the event. But since we don't have classes with all our teachers on the 15th we are celebrating the event on different...

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Sakura

Cherry Blossom at KyungHee's GIP Campus!

Anette 11:55:00 AM

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how the cherry blossom season has finally come to KyungHee's main campus in Seoul. This is the main statue on campus, a symbol of the GIP Here in the GIP it took another week until the sakura started blooming, but nonetheless we were blessed with beautiful flowers...

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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.
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