After living in a tiny Seoul apartment for 4 years we finally move to a much bigger one that’s still in the same neighbourhood! We searched for months and months and saw a huge range of apartments in our price range and we knew there had to be a hidden gem out there somewhere!

In this video we show you our new apartment and explain how we can afford an $800,000 apartment without actually paying that much. Getting space this big in Seoul is usually very expensive but we had space as our top priority. As we explain in the video, we were fine with some other not as great aspects, just so we could have space. This apartment seems to be never be remodeled so there are a lot of things we want to change but we are excited about those projects. We will also be making lots of videos about that as well.

There are also lots of great things about our apartment besides from just space. The enclosed balcony for example, and the traditional Korean paper style windows and doors. Hopefully in about a year’s time we will do another apartment tour and show all the things we have changed.

We search for a new apartment in Seoul

In this video we talk about the different types of homes in our area of Seoul and our search for a new apartment. Korea has a very unique renting system, which we explain as well.

People had a lot of questions so we followed up with this video answering some of them:

We will be moving soon so stay tuned for some moving vlogs and some videos about adjusting to our bigger place.

We talk about what it’s like being in South Korea right now amid these tensions. In general people are continuing their lives as usual.

South Koreans are used to tensions with North Korea but because Trump is involved, people are a bit more worried than usual. Many view him as dangerous as Kim Jong-un. Nobody trusts him to deal with the situation well and he could make it a lot worse. That’s what feels different this time. We think there needs to be a delicate touch with North Korea, in many ways they are very predictable. Trump has neither the experience nor the intelligence or temperament to deal with North Korea. We have been considering what our options are if something does happen, whether we just go back to the countryside or go to Australia for a while. Everyone is hoping the whole things blows over and North Korea isn’t provoked. One of the most worrying things is that Trump has now proved North Korean propaganda to be right. North Korea constantly tells their people that the US wants to attack them, that’s why all money should go into the military and why people end up starving to death. In the long term this is very bad for the people in North Korea, who are victims, because Trump has threatened to attack first. More and more money will go into the military and there will be less food and resources for the average North Korean.

Also important to note that we are neither Democrat or Republican! Because we are not American! Yes, there are other politics in the world. I usually vote for The Greens in Australia and Hugh votes for progressive parties in Korea but is unsure which party he will actually vote for in the upcoming South Korean election. He is meeting with some politicians soon to talk about multicultural families in Korea and will base a lot of his vote on how those meetings go. Anyway, please don’t try and fit us into the very narrow definitions in North American politics. Considering we are now concerned about our lives we are allowed to express our worries and opinions.

It’s been a little while since I’ve done anything on my Nicholalala channel so I thought I’d answer some questions! I asked you guys for questions on Instagram and answered as many as I could.

I talk about how my favourite Korean food changes a lot more now that I live in Korea, compared to living in Australia. What Korean fashion do I not like? What do I miss about Australian culture and how do I survive without an oven in Korea?

A lot of these questions were still very Korea related, but since it’s just me answering questions I’m very happy to answer questions that are more personal or related to other stuff since this is for the Nicholalala channel. They don’t have to always be about Korea

If you do have any questions you can ask them here or over on YouTube. Also subscribe to this channel!

Extra long SEOUL LIFE video as it’s been a while. We explain why in the video. We show you what we’ve been doing and answer some questions.

In this Seoul Life we show a bit of our Halloween, we talk about how Koreans often see Autumn as a really sad and depressing time, we meet baby Gyo and announce BTS giveaway winners.

In this Seoul Life we talk about Halloween in Korea, what we plan to do in Seoul and Hugh eats something weird. Also BTS album giveaway! Please comment over on YouTube to enter the giveaway.

In this Seoul Life Hugh reveals his favourite Kpop group… but it’s different to who I like. Shock! Horror! We also answer some of your questions.

Han and Sophie and Alice, who have previously been in our videos, have moved back to Korea! They are living not too far from us and it’s wonderful to have them in Korea. In this video I have some little clips from hanging out with them (though Sophie is off camera here) and also we visited Google Campus in Seoul. We also had some meetings and radio interviews and some last minute packing for heading back to the countryside for Chuseok.

In this episode we film with other YouTubers, Hugh goes to the soccer, we go to SeoulTube, talk about if people stare at us and WHY DOES THE SIGN STILL HAVE PLASTIC ON IT? (Watch to see what I’m talking about).