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.
Located in Gurye County, South Jeolla Province is a small neighborhood called Sansuyu Village (산수유 마을). The neighborhood is situated at the top end of a valley, and at the bottom end of the valley is a different neighborhood named Jungdong (중동). In springtime, from one neighborhood to the next the landscape is covered with [...]
The Japanese Apricot Tree is called maehwa (매화) in Korean, and is grown in Gwangyang county in the Jeollanam-do province for its fruit which can be prepared and eaten or used to make an alcoholic beverage. Not only do they produce fruits, they also produce beautiful flower blossoms every spring. And like beautiful flowers that [...]
I have mixed feelings about eating crab. I like the taste of it, but I don’t like endlessly cracking open crab legs just to dig out a tiny morsel of meat. Others don’t seem to mind the chore as much as I do, especially the people of Yeongdeok, who have been putting on a festival [...]