Tigers & Magpies travel editor, Eddie Provencher, is an American citizen who first came to the Korean peninsula in September 2006 to teach English, learn Korean, and to have a cultural experience. Since coming to Korea Eddie has grown to love teaching English, has passed the Test of Proficiency In Korean (TOPIK) Level 4, and has had many deep cultural experiences.
In the spring of 2009 Eddie took a 3 month break from teaching English to travel in Korea. Through this experience, Eddie developed a sincere appreciation for the natural beauty of the landscape, for the culinary tastes of the nation, and for the warmth and kindness of the Korean people.
Here on Tigers & Magpies you will find Korean travel reports and photos so that you can learn a little bit more about the Korean peninsula, and so that you too can travel and have a travel experience worth remembering and cherishing.
Once while I was spending the night in a jjimjilbang (Korean bath house), a Korean guy tried to convince me to visit Gimhae. At the time, my Korean language skills were weak, but I was able to understand from him that Gimhae is important in Korea’s long history. Gimhae was the seat of the Gaya [...]
When one thinks of bull fighting, an image of a Spanish man in sequence tights holding a red blanket and staring at a bleeding and soon to be killed bull probably enters the mind. However, this is not the only kind of bull fighting the world has to offer. Korea has long had its own [...]