Korean Crossroads: goodbye

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Last Post

Well hello to anyone who has made it to the final post of my whirlwind Korea journey. After saying goodbye to my friends, fiance (i'll get to that in a second) and everything that was familiar i'm finally back in my childhood home in Indiana. While it is weird being back home (really weird) it's comforting at the same time. I'm easing myself back into eating American food (hello huge portions), adjusting to the time zone change (that's a dozy) and trying not to think about everyone I care about back in Korea.

So as you saw above, there's been some big changes. I'm engaged. Yes. I'm engaged. As you've seen from the past posts, I met the man of my dreams while in Korea. It was a whirlwind romance from the beginning and we met, fell in love and got engaged. We're planning for a Christmas wedding (like I said, whirlwind) and moving to his next duty station sometime in March.

Korea was amazing but i'm finally ready to begin the next chapter of my life. While I don't know where life will take me next, I know that with Dan by my side and the support of my family and friends only a phone call away I can do anything. Thank you to everyone who went on this journey with me. Hopefully you learned something about Korean culture and maybe even a little something about yourself along the way.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Almost Goodbye

As my title says, this post is entitled, "almost goodbye." I'm just a few days away from leaving Korea...this time for good. After almost two years in the amazing country of Korea, my time is almost over. A few more days of teaching my adorable itty bitties, spending time with my phenomenal boyfriend and friends and eating as much Korean food as my body can handle.

It's hard to believe that just 21 months ago, I was writing on here about how I was ready to start my journey into Korea. I was ready to start my journey in a place that was unknown to me. A place that terrified me. Here I am now, all those months later, and my entire outlook has changed. The place that was unknown has been explored and adventures have been had in dozens of Korean cities and surrounding islands or countries. The place that formerly terrified me now astounds me in its ever-changing beauty and culture.

In my time in Korea I have made amazing friends, met the love of my life and had adventures that people would only dream of. I always say that pictures are worth a thousand words but in this case I think they can nicely sum up year two in Korea. Year one was documented here for anyone who missed that one. Thanks for the memories Korea. Now i'm finally ready for the next chapter of my life to start.