I always like to say Korea has 5 seasons instead of 4 (technically true). The monsoon season (called 장마 in Korean) always comes with a bang and this year is no exception.
What usually ends up happening is that I will either forget my umbrella at home, at work, or some other random place and end up buying like 4 or 5 umbrellas over the course of the summer. I think we have about 10 umbrellas in our closet right now.
So if you’re looking for some new festivals or places to go, I made this to give you at least a general idea of where some lesser known festivals are as well as some well known ones. Spring has A TON of things going on so I obviously couldn’t fit it all into one graphic.
If you’re in Korea or just visiting for the spring or summer, check out some of these places/festivals.
P.S. I know March is finished, but I had already added those into the graphic before the month was finished and this graphic was a bit tedious in research/text, so I just kept them as a reference for next year.
I’ve been very fortunate in that in my office, we have our own personal heater/air conditioner. My main coteacher and I keep it at whatever temperature we want, and the principal never comes to our office. If he did, I’m sure he would tell us to turn it off.
However, the classrooms are a different story. I’m not sure what the schedule is, but the heat randomly comes on in the winter for maybe an hour or two, and then it is cut off. Summer is slightly better because there are fans in the classrooms, but it’s basically the same. The excuse I was given when I asked why it is not turned on often was as above in the comic. I call BS!
