I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Monday, February 20, 2012

Tower Tall (Feb 19)

  • Nam San Tower was the order of the day. We all got a nice nap on the bus ride into Seoul - and then basically got dropped off at the bottom of the hill that the tower is on and were told "Go and be back at 2 pm!" We had no idea where we were headed! And there was literally ONE person in our group of 50 who knew which direction to go. Luckily, it was a pretty straightforward walk. And by "straightforward", I mean metaphorically - it was a REALLY steep walk. But we made it.


  • I ate a cheeseburger! I've been wanting one for a few days. It was small, but pretty yummy - and is apparently the Best Burger in Seoul.


Also, there was a Coldstone! And most of us got ice cream, despite the freezing temperatures. Our Kiwi friends had never heard of Coldstone, let alone eaten it before, and they were totally amazed by it. How they made it, how it tasted. Also, Chris tried to test his Korean and ended up ordering 2...oops.
  • We got to be a part of a guy's proposal to his girlfriend! Not completely - he was going around the tower getting people to write messages to his gf on a dry erase board. Then he would take pictures of the people and their messages and I assume he's going to put it into a collage. So cute!


  • The Love Locks were amazing! Millions of people take their significant others to the Tower and "lock in" their love by attaching a lock to the fences or the designated trees (some people sneak a few elsewhere). It's cheesy and kind of makes a single girl want to vomit (esp. when she's with friends that happen to be an adorable couple) but it's also really cool.




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