About Me

Hi, I'm Grainne!


 I'm 29 years old and I live in Korea. I moved here 4 years ago intending to stay for a year but I fell in love with my American (now) husband so ended up staying quite a bit longer than originally planned. I love living in Korea. It has given me a chance to travel all around Asia, teach some adorable kids English and see this beautiful country also.




Before coming to Korea I was living in Ireland, I had just finished my masters degree and the recession was just beginning to hit Ireland. So myself and my best friend Lou had decided that it was the best time to take some time out and travel. We had both been to Thailand, America and Europe before but had never traveled for longer than a month. So we packed our bags and had an incredible 6 month journey around South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and San Francisco. I had fallen madly in love with Asia while there and when I got back to Ireland I didn't feel like the same person that left. I was desperate to see more of the world so I applied for a teaching job in Korea. Why Korea? Well to be quite frank, I was completely broke and schools in Korea pay for your flight ticket over and pay a good monthly wage and it's in Asia so I thought why not?!

Myself, Lou and our friend Kate in New Zealand

Skydiving in New Zealand

Australia

Fraiser Island, Australia.

I arrived in Korea wondering what the hell was I thinking and had I made the biggest mistake of my life, but after about a day I realized this was not the case. I've had the time of my life here, I've met my wonderful husband and my adorable pup Willy and countless friends spread across the world.



We are planning on moving to Colorado next year which we are both extremely excited about and I hope that with my experience in backpacking and traveling I can make a career out of it.

When I'm not traveling I love to hike, plan mine and other peoples travels, eat delicious food with good friends, read, cook, cycle and go on adventures around where I live. I hope you enjoy this blog,

Grainne xxx

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