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, but the view (below) was top notch.


One of the friends I met here was kind enough to invite me to dinner at her family's home and this one wouldn't stop making this face at me the whole meal. 



So this is pumpkin, almond, corn, mushroom, and bacon pizza on whole wheat. Whew, American pizza seems so simple now.


It's feeling v Halloweeny in my apt now and I'm really feeling it.


Minnie in Hanbok!


My helper teacher was kind enough to take me to the Traditional Korean village to see all of these gorgeous old houses that happened to all be all be uphill no matter what way you went.


Tea in someone's actual home that they use as a teahouse during the day.



Like, these are the doors to someone's actual house. I don't know them, but I hate them.



#NeverDontMindAboutAThing



The 12 zodiac signs #RoostersRepresent


Zodiac calendar.



How real, traditional Korean spices are made.


Apparently if you dressed in Hanbok, you got into the palace free. There were girls upstaging me left and right.




The actual palace.



Crashed a guard ceremony on the way out.


The only Starbucks sign written in Hangul in the world.



Fireworks festival in Seoul with friends.


The War Museum. I knew I didn't know a lot but like.....I didn't know anything. Even with an English guide I was getting whiplashed from all of the info I didn't know.







Streets of Itaewon. 


Me and my student making Songpyeon for Chuseok.


Me being a respectable teacher.


Me seconds later yelling at my students.




My helper teacher and me



More from the traditional village. The girl on my right is my helper teacher's daughter, but the girl on the left is some rando trying to jump in on our shot. 


V candid 



Anyway, it's been a pretty exhausting month or so. My kids got me sick but thank god for Korea's medical system where it takes 20 minutes and $4 to see a doctor to get these meds that are like on steroids because they cure you in a matter of hours. I'm missing home lots, but the recent care package with pumpkin things and my own purchase of an actual coat has made me feel very adult. I'll try to update more often!

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