Last week in Seoul...

After having spent a nice relaxing weekend meditating, I begun my week by spending the day at Tamara's kindergarten school. There were kids everywhere! I visited the school again on Wednesday for the kindergarten graduation. It was kind of hilarious being the giant red head in a crowd of korean parents...all of them staring at me, trying to figure out which student was my kid.

The rest of the week was about experiencing as much korean cuisine as possible. From spicy chicken and brown sauce on Monday, wing night and Cass (korean beer) on Tuesday, shabu shabu on Wednesday, LOTS of soju drinks on Friday, potato pizza on Saturday, and galbi (korean bbq) on Sunday...my stomach is still adjusting...

Friday not only brought countless soju drinks, but also my first noribong experience. Noribong is korean karaoke, where you and a group of friends rent a room and request songs that you all sing to at the top of your lungs. After belting out Piano Man, Living on a Prayer, Tiny Dancer, Summer of 69, Bohemian Rhapsody, and many more, we tried to catch a cab home...only to find that alot of cabbies in downtown Seoul don't like to pick up foreigners. In the end, Lexi, a blonde, and I had to hide and let the brunettes flag down a cab...I still can't get used to how alien I am here.

It is now my last night here in Seoul, and as I pack, I can't help but stop and think about how I am in Seoul and leaving to travel to Norway! When did all this happen?! I am sure I will figure it all out on my 41 hour trip...Seoul to Beijing, Beijing to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Heathrow, Heathrow to Torp, Torp to As, Norway! Here it goes...