Katie's Wandering Seoul

Since I have been seriously slacking on the updating of this blog I figured I should attempt at making a come back. I went home in February for 2 weeks.  It was amazing to be home and to see everyone again. I sure was busy for those two weeks making sure I saw as many people as I could but still make sure I spent a ton of time with my mom, my brother, my aunts and Uncles, and of course the little cousins.  I did had a dinner with each of my aunts separately to make sure we had time just one on one.  Seeing all my cousins was great too.  They are all so cute and I just love spending time with them.  It's hard for them because they know that I am gone but don't understand really how far I am from home.  It was amazing to see all my friends and my family of course, but I also loved seeing my cat and dog.  I sometimes see B when i skype with my mom and he does know my voice, but I was amazed to see that how much he remembered me.  As soon ...

As I wrote in my last post Thanksgiving has come and gone.  Although, it was a depressing time because it is my favorite holiday, I still had a good Thanksgiving. It was nothing like any other Thanksgiving I have ever had before.  There was no big family meal, no little kids running around me, and no turkey.  I did however spend Thanksgiving and the entire weekend with some really great friends, which is what the holiday season is all about really.  Spending time with your friends and family, and here in Korea my friends have become my family. I also got to Skype with my family at home, so I got a little bit of the things that are the most important. Now it is the Christmas season and I'm very excited for it.  I do think that I will be a little depressed being away from the family, but we are already planning our Christmas day.  Many Koreans have Christmas yes, however it is not as big of a holiday here as it is at home.  I will only get Christm...

It is now the week of Thanksgiving even though I am away from home and it may not completely feel like Thanksgiving to me, I'm still going to do my best to celebrate. It has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster this week, not being home for Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday, and I love that my family always does whatever they can to have all of us together.  It will be my first big holiday away from home, and it isn't going to be easy.  I hope to skype with my family while they are all together for the holidays.  While I know it will make it a little rough for me and I'm sure I will get emotional, I still want to feel like I'm there celebrating with them.  I want to be able to see all my little cousins and try to talk to them for a few minutes.  Now if they could just send me some of the amazing thanksgiving food that would make things a little bit better. Now if you asked me last week, I never would have said this...i...