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.
For starters, Bongam Temple (봉암사/ Bongamsa), is a special place where monks go to meditate. Tucked away in a natural landscape and overshadowed by the 998 meter granite Huiyang Mountain (희양산/Huiyangsan), it does strike me as an ideal place to ponder religious things. If you want detailed info about Bongamsa, I refer you to a [...]
According to UNESCO’s web page, “Jongmyo is the oldest and most authentic of the Confucian royal shrines to have been preserved.” It was constructed in 1394 and rebuilt in 1601 after Japanese invaders set fire to the original. At the time of construction, it is believed that Jongmyo was the largest wooden structure in the [...]