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Life

Flights in a Pandemic

travel in empty skies

Quarantine Diary 1 In early May 2020 airports started reopening in central Europe. A connection between Vienna and Seoul reopened. Maybe I could actually make it on time? See, I’m an alien. An officially registered alien in South Korea. With an ARC card and everything. Yes, I know that acronym breaks down to alien registration […]

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Cooking Life

5 Food in Korea II: exoticization

Cheese and kimchi shall meet in the belly of the beast.

Early in our relationship YL had a great fear. We met in Lausanne, the edgiest and most crime-ridden city in Switzerland. This means that the city is very safe. Old ladies with manicured dogs dominate the promenade and three night-clubs stay open late on weekends. This also means local taste is adapted to saucissons, choucroute, […]