I like to take pictures of streets. And looking back through all my old photos to start writing this post, I realize that this is kind of a recent thing for me. I traveled a bit in high school as well but it wasn't until university that I really started to fall in love with…
Seoul basically feels like New York city, except that everyone is Korean. It wasn't until I got out into the country side that I really started to feel like I was in a completely foreign country. But the difference between Seoul and any other big city in the US is that you can be in…
After a perfectly exhausting day in Gyeongju we finally made it to the train station to head to Busan. The train was exactly 11 minutes late and my friend had started threatening to sue. That should tell you a little something about how efficient the transportation usually is here. But it did arrive, and roughly an…
This weekend we went on an adventure. Adventure though, I'm coming to realize, was somewhat killed by the invention of the smart phone. Because while yes, we were sitting in a cafe in a rural city in Southeast Korea not sure where we'd be sleeping that night and not sure where exactly the train terminal was,…
Continue reading ➞ The Weekend Adventure: Part 1 경주 Gyeongju
Friday August 12th 9:15 am I decided it was time to call it. My bus to visit a friend who lives a little ways outside of Seoul was supposed to leave at 9:20 and there was no way I was going to figure out 1. where I was and 2. where my bus was in…
Continue reading ➞ From Lost to 북촌한옥마을 Bukchon Hanok Village
Yesterday two of my former students, now friends, and I went to Gyeongbokgung and Myeongdong and ended up walking a total of almost 9 miles. As someone who 1. never exercises and 2. has chronic feet problems to rival a 70-year-old, that's actually quite a feat. I had planned to meet up with them at…
Continue reading ➞ 경복궁 Gyeongbokgung and 명동 Myeongdong: Two Sides of Korea
This is my view as I write this post, upstairs from a cafe in Gangnam. And even as I write this I don't really believe that I'm here. It's weird to have loved a country from afar for so long and to finally be here. It's weird that I know so much about this city and…
Continue reading ➞ Korea: First Impressions of a Country That Doesn’t Feel So Foreign
I made my official decision to move to Korea during Thanksgiving break of last year. This came at the end of a long internal battle between the side of me that felt like I'd be cheating on my first true love, South America, and the other side of me that increasingly knew that Korea was…
Continue reading ➞ How People Respond When I Say I’m Moving to Korea
6 months is a long time. I've been thinking a lot lately about when I became one of those "busy" people. I remember when I started university I had so much free time. I remember watching entire TV shows in a matter of weeks and hanging out in my friends dorms until the wee hours of…
Hours and Miles 