“Why the Hell am I Going to South Korea Anyway?” or “More Than You Care to Know”

So, I realized that almost no one in this space has any idea why (other than the adventure of it) I’m planning a trip to South Korea….

A couple years ago one of my nephews got a Fulbright Scholarship and went to South Korea. He went through a few weeks of training in the language and customs and then was sent to Jeju (sometimes written as Cheju), an island southwest of the Korean peninsula. He lived with a local family and taught English in a middle school.

He liked it. A lot. So when his year was up and he returned stateside he began looking for opportunities to go back. He ended up writing a grant that allowed him to go to Seoul and study at the University there. My trip in June will be during his break between spring and summer classes.
I didn’t go when he was there before and it seems that a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has presented itself a second time. I get to travel to a faraway, exotic place where there is someone I know well that is already established who can act as travel guide and translator. I’m not the brightest crayon in the drawer, but this is just too good to pass up.

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