My One Month Anniversary

I have officially survived my first month in South Korea. Thus far, I have done something new every weekend and plan to keep that tradition running. This weekend will be the biggest adventure yet. About two and a half hours, multiple train lines, busses and walking. I'm so excited. It is absolutely beautiful here in the fall, and we are going to an enormous garden. All the leaves will be different colors, and there will be flowers and rivers and lots of other gorgeous things for me to photograph.

As time goes on, I realize I am definitely going to have to make an effort not to get into a routine over here. It will be a challenge to keep everything new and fresh for a year when already I feel comfortable and at home. The "vacation mode" I have been in since arriving is slowly starting to wear off, and I'm realizing this is what I'm doing for a living. This is really my life. So, now I'm trying to be a little more careful with money. Being a little more careful with money definitely makes a person aware of the fact that they are no longer on vacation. 

This whole process is really unique. Obviously unlike anything I have ever experienced. I now think in Korean just as much if not more than Spanish, and I mix the two up all the time. I cannot remember the difference in the tastes of food. When I first got here, everything tasted funky. Everything. Now most things taste normal. I wonder what kind of culture shock I will experience when I return to the states.