Europe

Growing Up A Chinese Girl in Hungary

Over the last 20 years, the Chinese community in Hungary has grown immensely and Budapest’s is now one of the largest in Europe. The growth and visible success of Chinese people has divided the Hungarian people; some...

Heartache at the German Ramen Restaurant

As a student, I worked at a Japanese ramen restaurant in Germany. Though I am Korean, I was exotic enough to serve as staff. My lunch shift was from noon to 2 p.m. on the day the horror struck. The day I stood rooted...

My Complicated Love Story With Germany

[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”][agg-ad id=”15486″ align=”center”] Our love affair is complicated and a bit hard to explain. I am speaking about my relationship with the...

How an Asian family ended up in Transylvania

[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”] “How would you like to live in Transylvania, Romania for a year or two?” My husband asked one day over lunch in our apartment in Tokyo. “ROMANIA?” I blurted...

What I love about Slovenia (beside my husband)

To be honest, before meeting my Slovenian husband, I had a faint idea of where exactly Slovenia was. From Google maps, Slovenia looked like a chicken and a rather small one. Let’s say the online search of Slovenia...