Reporting Live From South Korea

  안녕하세요~!

  Hope you all have been doing well! I am excited to relay to you all that I have recently experienced a pretty significant change in my life: I have (temporarily) moved to South Korea! If you all remember, this is my second time in this country--the first time being in the spring of 2017 through a study abroad program I did while in college. This time around, I am here on a grant called the Fulbright Program, which is funded out of the U.S. State Department. I am here on a one-year contract to work as an English teacher!

  We unfortunately did not get to choose our desired destination within Korea. So I was placed in a northern province called (Gangwon-do), in a mountainous rural area. I say unfortunately because I'm more of a city-dweller (not by nature, as I grew up in the suburbs; but I have found that life in a sprawling metropolitan absolutely lights up my soul!), so being surrounded by mountains honestly is not quite my taste. On top of that, I'm extremely sensitive to cold temperatures (like...I can't even handle too much ice in my beverages), and this area is apparently known for its frigid winters, so that's another that doesn't thrill me about my placement. The upside is that I am a 2-hour bus ride away from Seoul, so when the desire to be in the midst of crowds and buildings does overcome me, it doesn't take terribly long to get there.

  I am looking forward to sharing more of my thoughts and experiences here with you all. While I do also keep up a YouTube channel that will sporadically document my excursions, the written prose is my first love, and I think that I'll be able to be more forward and vulnerable and with you all through this platform~. So let me know if there's anything specific you'd like to hear from me on!

Thanks for reading!