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Well things have been moving pretty fast around here. Most of our days so far have been jam packed with activities that don’t get us home at a decent hour. Usually I’m so beat that I don’t have time to update this thing… Now I’m in Busan, Korea. We arrived here on Thursday via the KTX bullet train. First time I’ve been on a bullet train in 10 years. At some point we were going 291 km/h…exciting but you lose all the thrill of going fast in things like that. At this point I’m just going to write down some topics that for me to remember to flesh out later.

Long bus rides. Karaoke on the bus. Crazy driving by everyone. Amethyst cave exhibits that have nothing to do with amethysts. Buddhist temples all around. food, food, delicious food! Friends sharing their ‘good journey’ wishes. Nore bang and Soju! Black markets. Eating at Genie’s parent’s house.

Today is the big day for Brian and Genie. I know they are really nervous and going crazy with all the planning etc. but I’m sure everything will go smoothly. Well hopefully more will come later tonight but no promises. Now the wedding party must attempt breakfast with no Korean languages skills what-so-ever. Good times.

Many jet-lagged people were up at like 04:00 but they got to try to keep themselves busy and from starving until 8 am when Brian and Genie showed up to take us back to the flat for breakfast.

Walked. Did board game cafes. Ate great food. Went to the mall. Crowded Subways.

will write more later.

Just finished my second full day in Korea. This has been my first time visiting a foreign country with absolutely no prior knowledge of the language. Well I can go around saying “thank you” all day long but that won’t really be of help. So to summarize these past three days:

On Sunday I was lucky enough to arrive at my train station in Shimoda because the train had either been rescheduled 10 minutes earlier or my travel agency just messed up. If I hadn’t things would have been really nasty. From there the schedule went as planned and I arrived at Icheon Airport in Seoul around 15:50. Sadly for me, just after deboarding the plane I needed to use the restroom and upon finishing the Immigration line had multiplied in size by …too many. An hour or so later I finaGenerallly met Brian and Genie. An hour or so after that more of the wedding party arrived and we set out for a long bus trip to Seoul proper to begin our adventure.
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