Welcome!

Hello, my name is Rachel Sang-hee Han.

I’m the face of this blog here. I’ve worked at CNN Travel and The Korea Times as a journalist, used to write a weekly travel column on the Times and now I freelance here and there as a blogger, journalist and mom. The background of this blog is pretty simple: I share my travels, food diaries, recipes and daily life with my husband G and little girl A and now E.

I like learning new things, digging a bit deeper and sharing as much as possible (journalistic habits?) so I’ll also share some quirky facts about random things, things like “which is fatter, gelato or ice cream?” (it’s ice cream) or “What’s the difference between green and black olives?” (basically the same, just different ages). Being married to an Italian, I tend to throw in my take on Italian culture and my own Korean roots. For a more in-depth introduction, keep reading!

I was born in Seoul, Korea, and grew up in Lawrence, Kansas until I was about eight. My first language was actually both English and Korean, although it was more me listening to my parents speak Korean and me answering in English. 

I moved back to Seoul and had a hard time at school because my Korean wasn’t good enough. I don’t remember much about my first school year in Seoul, except that I had to stay behind a bit to check on what exactly the homework was and I always wondered why I couldn’t go to the bathroom when I wanted to.

I was pretty determined to become a reporter for a newspaper some day, so I started writing articles for my high school’s English newspaper, and then came the journalism major at university and after that, staff reporter at English daily The Korea Times.
I loved my job. Every second of it. Even the night shifts and Sunday shifts. After four years, I decided to take the next step, which led me to CNN Travel. Marriage and motherhood led me to Stuttgart, Germany and after 10 years, we’ve made it back to Seoul, Korea. For a while. Raising two little ones alone in Germany was hard, and I have to admit I abandoned the site. But I’m back and want to get back on blogging and sharing everything from travel, food, lifestyle and of course, motherhood.

Thanks for stopping by and if you have any questions about anything, shoot me an email or even send me a message on instagram and I’ll get back to you asap.

Rachel S.

9.27.2013.