So, dear readers, you may have noticed my silence this week. Well, I’ve been busy, so busy, that I’ve had precious little time to devote to my beloved blog. Before I get started: last news first, I’m surfing the interwebs…
Author: Zachary A. Marx
Zachary Marx is currently living and working in Munich, Germany. He graduated with a degree in Political Science in 2006 from the University of Tennessee, and continues to bleed orange. So far, his vagabond lifestyle has brought him to five continents, and twenty-eight countries, with extended stays in China, Japan, and Korea. He started 80couches.com in February of 2011, with the ultimate goal of using it as the premise for couchsurfing around the globe. Your feedback and suggestions are welcome. He can be reached by carrier pigeon, smoke signals, telegram, and via the Interwebs, at zachary.marx@gmail.com.
A Man, a Dog, and The Mountain
I awoke to my alarm at 7:07 this morning with one thing on the mind: I’m going to climb a mountain today. When I peaked out the window through my blinds, any remaining doubts were immediately nullified, it was going…
They Call it Soccer, too
I had originally planned on posting this the next day, but then again, I hadn’t been planning on ending up in the hospital. But, better late than never! Enjoy: September 11, 2010 15:40 So I’ve been in Seoul for two…
The Royal Pooch
So far, I think I’ve been asked about how Sydney is doing more often than myself. This is perfectly understandable, she did not choose to come here and living in a small apartment in a huge concrete jungle is not…
I’m not dead yet
OK, so a quick update: you will be happy to know that I have made a complete recovery from a really nasty case of tonsillitis (probably strep). It was slow-going at first, only feeling marginally better on my first day…
Blast from the Past: Camping, Sake, and Naked Irishmen
Originally written October 12, 2006 Good morning (or night to most of you),I have finally recovered from the long weekend and I am proud to report that I have lived to tell the tale! For some reason I remember having…
Night and Day, Day and Night
I awoke this morning feeling absolutely identical to yesterday morning. In a word, miserable. I rolled out of bed, used my stolen wifi to e-mail my boss to tell him that I couldn’t come in again today. I go back…
Hospital, New Apartment, and Not Yet Settling In
September 13, 2010 15:55 I don’t want to be writing this blog. No, I wanted to be writing about the awesome time I had at the F.C. Seoul soccer match on Saturday. However, I’ll have to save that blog for…
Putting it in Perspective
September 9, 2010 22:42 It was a bit of a surreal experience watching my coworker, Chris, have such a horrible day. He’s leaving Korea Poly School after 4 years this week and the school more or less reneged on a…
Blast from the Past: I am not currently, nor have I ever been a member of the Communist Party
Originally written May 14, 2007 Somewhere between the growing economic powerhouse of China to the north and the developing Southeast Asian powers of Vietnam and Thailand to the east and west, respectively, lies the small, landlocked nation of Laos. Technically…
Money for Nothin’ and Grad School for Free
On our walk this evening, an old man saluted Sydney. In other news: Interesting development, I found out over the course of a couple of beers with a Swedish Couchsurfer that grad school in Scandinavia is free to foreigners. Free.…
A Day in the Life
I’ve often compared living abroad to being an alcoholic: you have to take things one day at a time. There are great days. GREAT days. Days where you are just amazed at all the sights and sounds and new experiences…