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.
Ringing in the lunar new year in Korea, called Seollal (설날) in Korean, offers Koreans and tourists a chance to be a spectator at one of Korea’s longest standing traditions, ssireum (씨름) wrestling. The Korea Ssireum Association holds about 20 tournaments each year, with the Seollal event being the biggest. At this tournament champions walk [...]
The 2011 Chuseok Ssireum Wrestling Championship was held in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do. The Chuseok Ssireum Wrestling Championship changes locations every year. Recent events were held in Jinju (2009) and in Andong (2010). Yeosu is going to be the host of Expo 2012, and my guess is that it was the host of the championship in order [...]
Ssireum (씨름), a centuries old sport, is Korea’s unique brand of traditional wrestling. Several local and annual tournaments are held each year, but the two most popular are held during Korea’s most important holidays: Chuseok (추석), the fall harvest festival which happens in September or October, and Seollal (설날), the lunar new year celebration which [...]