A few days ago, I found out that my only Korean friend will be living less than a 20-minute bus ride away from where I’ll be living in Seoul! I can hardly believe it…I mean what are the chances?? Facebook is making this small world even smaller all the time. It seems to me that it’s actually becoming more difficult to have adventures now because I can’t go anywhere without knowing people. (I also found out somewhat recently that two other friends I studied with in Italy will be in Seoul this year as well…not to mention that seemingly everyone I talk to has a friend there that they want me to meet.)
I’ve never truly experienced culture shock and I had been planning on experiencing it in Korea. However, without really even trying, I’ve already made 10+ contacts there and I have a good friend that I’m excited to see and will probably see the first day I’m there. In a place with so many English-speakers and very friendly people offering all kinds of help to me, I just can’t see it being very hard to adjust to. I assume I’ll be singing a different tune in six days when I get off the plane in Korea and have no idea where I even live (weird that I still haven’t been given an address, right?) But we won’t know until I get there.
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