Lofgrens Abroad

Hi everyone! It's been quite a while that I have written about our time here in Korea but for those of you that follow us on Instagram or Facebook, you have at least seen photo evidence that we are still here and still keeping busy. As with every year, Spring provided it's fair share of challenges once again and to be honest, I can't believe how long ago that seems even though it was just a couple of months. Time moves so differently here... Sometimes it feels like ages, sometimes it just flies by. I mean, since my last post: we did not have to frantically move despite being told we would (postponed to the end of this month), started and finished the new season of the Dragon Prince, were disappointed AGAIN in March Madness, sang in and performed in an International choir, became a fan of metal, went to JAPAN, celebrated two birthdays, someone got a staple in their head, the kitten at White Bridge is not a kitten anymore, toured around our new apartment and neighborhood, w...

Hey everyone! It's been a while. How are you doing? Like, really, how are you? 2020 has been a year, right? I haven't been blogging at all but hopefully you've been following us on instagram , that's about all I've been able to devote any extra energy towards.. Honestly, 2020 started out ok! My childhood best friend-maid of honor visited Seoul and we rang in the new year with friends and dancing in Itaewon. It was crazy (and scary) how fast things changed. Initially, being in Korea seemed like it might not be the best place to be as we watched our neighbor, China, explode with a new strain of the coronavirus. We were torn between making a run for it back to America or staying put and waiting to see what happened. Cases in Korea started popping up relatively slowly at first and then a huge boom from Daegu and all was shut down. Schools were closed, restaurants and bars were closed, movie theaters, shopping centers, everything, closed. The streets were vacant. I...

So there's a chance that I have already posted about some of the foods that you will see on this post but here you go anyway! Not all is Korean food but just wanted to give you an idea of mainly Korean foods and just food in general we get on a regular basis. Our kitchen is quite small in both size and height. I'm too tall for the stove and we only had one burner at the beginning but now have two. It still does not allow for easy cooking so we just don't very frequently. It's also about the same cost to eat at a restaurant as long as we are getting Korean food. Alright, in no particular order of how recently or how frequently we eat this particular food, here goes: Meet Cheddar, one of our favorite neighborhood baristas. Coffee in Korea is EVERYWHERE and of course some places are better than others. This place, White Bridge Cafe, is one of the best. We will miss frequenting here when we move! Our favorite sushi place, Nori Table, is California style and we us...