I am so thankful for my little jem of a city out in the boonies - Chuncheon.

It took me about 6 hours to get home from Seoul with all the public transportation (bus, subway, train, and a LOT of walking)...

I really felt like I was home when I got back here!

I learned a great deal about Korea at the conference - this really is a developing country. There are a few metropolitan cities, but the rest is undeveloped to differing extents.

I guess you could call Korea a 2nd world country?

My official new goal before I leave Korea: go to the DMZ (demilitarized zone on the border between the North and South), and if possible go into ya know, that place above me.

The USO offers tours to of the DMZ and depending on the current political situation also of the border... it's really complicated though. It's a UN operation, so there's an intense process for signing up. The hatred for Americans is so great that I might not even be allowed to cross over, but I really want to try!