"K" As In Korea
Once known as the Land of Morning Calm (or the Land of Morning Freshness), today South Korea is the Land of K-wonders. A land of contrasts and contradictions, of impossible combinations, of paradoxes and oxymorons, of unimaginable inventions, unique events, and experiences. Modern technology and ancient history, culture and robots, economic boom and Confucian values, kimchi and K-pop, nuclear shelters and Buddhist temples, military bases and sacred lotuses, extreme wealth and modest self-sacrifice. The ideal destination for those seeking serious culture shock, for gamers and for gourmet tourists. It sounds like a fictional country. Like the fantasy of a tipsy science fiction writer or the plot of a young, untrained artificial intelligence.
However, it is on the map.
So, after hearing incredible Korean stories, one simply buys a ticket to Seoul to see with one's own eyes, ears, nose, and palate that reality (Korean reality) is stranger than even the wildest fantasy (of humans or artificial intelligence). “K" As In Korea tells of the wonders and adventures that the traveling duo—mother and daughter, Bulgarian Australians—encounter on their journey as they follow their Korean dream.
Izabela Shopova
Izabela Shopova (born 1971 in Varna) is a Bulgarian writer, now living and writing in Australia.
A child prodigy, she learned to read at age of 4, graduated from high school at 15, played piano and dreamed of conquering space. She was a professional model and an amateur astronomer; worked in a radio station but never planned to write on her own... She graduated from the local technical university, with major in radio engineering and then stepped in a completely different direction by establishing a career in business.
In 2002 she moved to New Zealand together with her husband and daughter. She wrote her first letter from the “Land of the Long White Cloud”, which became an instant hit back in Bulgaria. It was published by numerous websites, newspapers and travel magazines. She went on writing about first hand experiences and second hand memories, thus bringing together parallel cultures and histories… Some of her travelogues won awards in travel writing./ide.li; okolosveta.com/ Gradually, much to her own surprise, she emerged as a professional writer. She put together a collection of her writings – a fascinating amalgam of episodes from the everyday life of an immigrant and the amazing adventures of a tourist… Her first published book “East - in Eden” surpassed the success of her Internet publications and gave the readers a legitimate reason to call her “The Bulgarian Bill Bryson”.
Izabela Shopova lives now in Brisbane, Australia; she still writes for the electronic media and Bulgarian travel magazines and works on her second book about her family adventures in Aussie-Land.
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