I'm sure I'll say this about 45 more times before the year is over, but time is FLYING. Winter has been really rough, I'll be honest. I've never been so homesick than around Christmas and New Years. But if you're gonna be away from home, Jeju is not a bad place to do it. Jeju was incredible, and I got to spend it with awesome people, luckily, and have met some awesome people through the OTHER awesome people I've come to know. Met this girl who begins trave...

So upon the past 5 months of travel, there have been some, ahem, habits I have picked up, that I'm probably not going to be too fond of upon turning back to the states. It has me very concerned, and I think recognizing the problem may be the first step in fixing it. So i'll of course, recognize it in my blog. First and foremost, are my English speaking skills. I constantly find myself unable to think of words that.... i KNOW i know, yet cannot for the life o...

So it's been another few weeks - and I'm officially through the holidays! It ended up being a great week. My friend April came up to Seoul for the weekend- we went out in Hongdae Friday night, and during the day on Saturday, we went shopping, ice skating in front of City Hall, and out for dinner. The ice skating was only a dollar for rentals, and we did it for about an hour! Then we found a cute second floor place and got Korean bbq - which has become my new...

So I've come to the (grateful) conclusion that I can't get a free weekend to save my life! Much better than a lack of things to do though, so I'm definitely happy about that. I was reallllllly debating about flying down to Vietnam by myself over CHristmas, but I only get a week off and there was just too much I want to see. I don't want to half-ass a trip down there, so I decided to hold off. Hopefully Miss Carlee Potter will be coming over in a short 9 months a...

You can only spend so much time alone in a country before you really begin thinking about every single person you pass. First instinct, so jealous they're all going home to their families. I am jealous of my kids every day when they go home. I know people are away from home far longer than I am, and that it's only been a bit over 3 months, but I think the holidays make it hard. Once Christmas is passed, I'm sure it'll get better. The truth is I love it here, mo...