Hotels are Booked

Hello and Happy Monday!

So, we have finally settled on where we are going to stay. It seems like it has taken forever to choose where but I think we have settled on staying in Seoul for the trip and we will take a few day trips back to Wonju, where I was born. My adoption agency let me know that the Eastern Social Welfare Institute has a place that adoptees can stay at a cheaper rate; however, since Ben is coming along with me, I was thinking it may be better to just stay in a hotel. Plus, who knows how different it is already going to be going back to Korea, something somewhat familiar may be great to come back to at the end of the day.

With that being said, we are going to be staying at the Ibis hotel in Myeongdong Seoul. I think that should make for some interesting nights too.  If you have any good advice, tips, or things to know about the area feel free to let me know. We ended up choosing this location and hotel since it sounds like it has great access to and from the Incheon International Airport and it is close to some 기차역 too.

Yep, that's right learning bits and pieces of Hangul as I go along :) It feels so weird to even include Hangul in this blog. I mean it's nice from my point of view, but it is a strange feeling too. It just seems that every time I have tried incorporating little words here and there with my adoptive family rejection of the culture is all I have faced. It's very unfortunate and I think it's overwhelmingly sad to think that your own "family" can't even be encouraging....but that's it a whole other story for another day.

On the flip side, Ben has been a huge help with learning Hangul. He has been great about pushing me to learn but giving me the space to take it at ease. I am sure that I am making it more overwhelming than it needs to be, but learning the language just feels like it is connecting me to who I am...and that is a scary feeling. It's so hard to explain and I am not even sure if this makes sense or if anyone else can understand, but it's been easy not knowing my past this whole time and now it is just a scary feeling to think that the pieces of the puzzle are slowly being completed. I mean, what happens once you know? My brother in law mentioned the other day that it is nice to know about your past and I am really beginning to think that it is very true...just scary too. Anyways, time to keep working on learning more Hangul! 

Until Next Time...