Katie's Wandering Seoul

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...