The Chronicles of a Reckless Traveler

So many festivals, so little time I've been keeping pretty busy in the past month with going to lots of festivals all over Korea, so here are some pics from my adventures.  First up was the coffee festival which was a bit misleading because there was very little coffee and lots of bakery items and cafe music so it was more of a cafe festival, but anyway... We had to wake up at 5 am to go into Seoul to catch our bus to the festival. The bus ride roundtrip only cost about the equivalent of $5 so thanks Korean government. The festival itself was on the east coast of Korea, so it took about 3 hours to get there and 5 hours to get back. We didn't end up getting home until about 10:30, but it was a really fun day.  Here's Seoul at 5 am. A Starbucks in a traditional style Korean building. A....bear? made entirely out of coffee. Me and my coworker, Jadelle. Killing it.  This "famous guy" showed up and a mob lost their mind for...

September/October  Okay, so seriously don't post the pics of my kids anywhere else bc I could get in huge trouble, but like, look how cute they are. Their poses are top notch and their outfits are adorable. This was during Korean Thanksgiving known as Chuseok.  Delish meal times that actually turn into three meals called Shabu Shabu. It's fab, but you gotta have major time to kill.  Saw my first musical here in Korea too. It was In the Heights  which is about a borough of NYC with a heavily hispanic population. So half the production was in Korean and the other half was in Spanish. It makes you feel especially useless when you only understand about a third of two  languages, but I still had a blast. Also, I have never been more disappointed than when I finally  found a non-meat flavored bag of cheetos only to discover they were $14. Tragic. Fun time in Itaewon, the foreigner hub of Seoul. This place kinda sucked, ...