Vikingess Voyages

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Goodbye Korea and Kyung Hee GIP!

Anette 11:33:00 AM

My year as an exchange student in Korea is over! I have learned a lot during the time I spent at Kyung Hee's GIP campus, and met so many great people during this year. Although I have spent a lot of my time in the GIP (perhaps too much time) studying by myself I have still been fortunate to make some...

Friday, June 21, 2013

Seoul

Stressed in Korea? Get your Blood Pressure Checked at the Seoul Metro!

Anette 11:37:00 PM

Today was my last day in Korea, and while taking the 3 hour long trip from my campus to the center of Seoul I was thinking that there could impossibly be anything worth experiencing on this trip that I have gone through so many times. But I couldn't have been more mistaken. When I got onto the blue...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Kyung Hee

My Bangladeshi Roommate!

Anette 3:41:00 PM

This blogpost is dedicated to my friend and roommate during the past semester, the intelligent and warm-hearted Nazzina from Bangladesh! Although the GIP has a general rule that foreigners should share room with Koreans I ended up loosing my Korean roommate due to some unfortunate complications with...

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Sport

Warrior Dash Obstacle Course: My Boyfriend is such a Caveman..

Anette 3:19:00 PM

Today there is an event called the "Warrior Dash" being held in Japan's Kanagawa prefecture (神奈川県) where people dress up in funny costumes and run an obstacle course with their costumes on.. It looks pretty interesting! My bf is participating in it, and he showed me his costume on Skype...

Friday, June 14, 2013

Sport

Kyung Hee GIP Club Activities: Taekwondo

Anette 10:28:00 AM

During my year here at Kyung Hee's Graduate Institute of Peace Studies I have been participating regularly in their taekwondo club, and as I finish my studies here next week I've decided to share some of my experiences with practicing taekwondo in Korea. Kyung Hee is actually quite well-known...

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Seoul

Seoul: Street-art in Naksan

Anette 12:25:00 AM

The end of the semester is drawing near, and things have become pretty busy lately. However, as this is my last semester in Korea I decided to join my Indonesian friend Maya for a short daytrip to Seoul this week to get a bit of a changed in my environment from the usual days at school. We had decided...

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Random

Patrick Stewart on Domestic Violence. What a Man!

Anette 10:12:00 PM

Just watched this video where Patrick Steward talks about his childhood living in a home with domestic violence. It really touched me to hear his story; his braveness shows that he is definitely a Man with a capital M. Although violence should never be justified it is important to remember...

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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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