ABOUT ME
Hey there!
My name is Anne
I’m a 25-year old Dutch Korea, Hallyu and K-pop enthusiast who will be traveling to South Korea in March of 2024 for 3 months. During this period I will realize one of my dreams: learn more about South Korean culture and language, while creating content on several platforms (like this blog).
On this website you can find my (travel) blog as well as general informational blogs about Korea, Hallyu and all related topics for absolute beginners as well as more experienced fans.
My mission? The inspire and inform fellow Dutch and international people about South Korea – with the help of a wide variety of content about my experiences, Korean culture & food, traveling hacks, guides, resources, tips, language learning tools and MUCH MORE!
Seoul, south korea 2024
On March 1st I will fly to South Korea, where I will be taking Korean lessons, living with a host family and exploring Korea and it’s culture and hotspots. I will mainly be in Seoul, but am also planning to explore Deagu, Busan, Jeju island & more to be planned. Do you have tips? let me know by contacting me!
I will be updating this blog to keep everyone up to date on my travels, provide information about Hallyu and related topics and developing my communication/marketing skills.
I will mainly be doing this through this blogpage, my Instagram page and TikTok page. You can access these through the social buttons on the right or below (depending on your device).
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
I love this question, as I put quite some thought into the name. When I was planning my trip to Korea I knew one thing for sure: I wanted to keep my family and friends up to date during my trip and immediately thought of writing blogs as it has been a passion of mine since elementary school.
However, the only time I was used to using blogs at the time was for recipes, especially Korean recipes (keep this term in mind) as the internet was my main guide so far on K-pop, Korea in general and its culture and food. Since then a lot has changed and I have started following several travel bloggers and other travel content creators.
Additionally, I feel like the goal of this blog, mainly involving describing my interests and experiences, is kind of a recipe in the sense of an ‘absolute beginners guide’ to enjoying some of the blog’s topics, like: K-pop, Korean culture and traveling to Korea. And as my name is Anne and I immediately saw the opportunity in using my initial interest for blogs in a quirky way (befitting me, as people who know me might agree with me).
Befitting the theme of my blog, including the term that forms my initial introduction to blogs and highlighting my name in it, I named my blog: Kore-An Recipe.
When I was planning this trip I knew one thing for sure: I wanted to keep my family and friends up to date during my trip and immediately thought of writing blogs as it has been a passion of mine since elementary school. Along the way I also saw the opportunity to develop my skills in online communication with blogging and extended my initial idea a bit by including SEO, web-building, affiliate programs and social media content.
Back in 2021 I was kind of at a crossroad: I was at the end of my studies, but I didn’t really know what I wanted to do after that. I had worked at a store from the age of 15 after school hours, on weekends and in school vacations, but never used the money for anything. With my saved up money I decided to do something that was a bit out of my comfort zone: book a spontaneous trip.
At the time (october 2021) BTS had just announced their Permission To Dance in Los Angeles shows and I got a hold of some tickets. As a new fan I had never seen them live before and with the knowledge of the mandatory military service, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic related restrictions for concerts I was not sure if I would get the opportunity to see them live in my home country, the Netherlands anytime soon.
I took the chance and booked a 13-hour flight for a 6-day trip to Los Angeles. I met 4 amazing other fans in the hostel I was staying at, saw BTS live for the first time, visited some family close to Los Angeles and made some lifelong memories. In another twist of fate my sudden increase of interest in K-pop and Korea made me decide to do my master thesis about K-pop fan culture and eventually motivated me to work in Marketing after graduating.
Everything combined in the end resulted in my next trip, which will be 3 months of studying in Korea. But if you want to know more about how that came to be, take a look at my story.
Seeing as I don’t know when I’ll update this again, or when you will be seeing this, I’ll just say I was born in 1998 and you can calculate.
