A former Pilot Mound resident, now teaching in South Korea, is enjoying the Winter Games.

Lindsay Gemmill moved to Korea five years ago to teach. Her plan was to stay a year and she ended up meeting her husband, a South Korean, and the rest is history.

“I’ve always been a huge Olympic fan and it has definitely been a dream of mine to attend the Olympics and finding out Korea was going to be hosting them was just a dream come true and it has been awesome having them here.”

Gemmill and her husband Yool live in a suburb of Seoul in a city called Incheon and they are about two and a half hours away from the venues at PyeongChang. Despite the distance, she and her husband made the effort to take in some sporting events.

“I was able to take in a figure skating warm up. I saw a women’s hockey game between Canada and the U-S and that was a great game to see and I went to the aerials qualifications, I wanted to see a different and unique kind of sport and I was able to see that” said Gemmill.

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She says the whole Olympic experience has been a unique one for the entire country. “Koreans weren’t super excited about the Winter Olympics and it took them awhile to get into it. A lot of them were saying we’re not good at winter sports so why would we be excited? But the Olympic buzz has certainly caught up with them and especially since the games began.”

Gemmill says Koreans are so excited to see their fellow countrymen doing so well in speed skating and the skeleton. “It’s been really fun especially as a teacher. I teach Grade 1 and my kids are just every day telling me about stats and who won what medals.

While Gemmill is married to a Korean there is no question what country to cheer for “Oh with Canada of course” she said while laughing.

“I was a ringette player growing up but I do love all sports. I love to watch hockey and I’m actually a really big figure skating fan. Myself I’m bad a figure skating but I love to watch it and it has been so great to see Canada do so well in these games.”

While the winter games are set to end on February 25th Gemmill plans to make the trip back to PyeongChang to watch some of the Paralympics.