An Old Soul with a Hungry Heart
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Welcome to America
Two months off for summer break, a brand new baby nephew, and a boyfriend who has never been to the USA. This could mean only one thing, a month long adventure in America... |
Exploring Jeju Island
After living on the island for nearly a year, the novelty of being here has yet to wear off. From beach days to Olle trail hiking, and of course all the good eats, there is so much to enjoy... |
Who I amA Wisconsin girl at heart, South Korea expat and continuously curious soul. My mom told me my grandmother remarked, "there's something special about her" at a young age, and I'm beginning to think she was right. Never one to do what everyone else was doing, choosing instead to forge my own path. This mindset has lead to friendships, experiences, travels and passions my younger self could have never imagined. A self-proclaimed old soul and ambivert, I'm quiet yet talkative, energetic and calm. There's so much floating through my mind I often share some of it here.
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Expat Life: South KoreaIn 2012 I decided to "live abroad for a year", teaching English in South Korea. Little did I know the country, it's food, nature and citizens would steal my heart, calling me back time and time again. The first two years of COVID might be the longest I've been away from Korea since first stepping foot in the country, but I'm back again for a new adventure, this time on Jeju Island.
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I've Got the Travel BugTo say I have a case of wanderlust would be an understatement. I'm always hungry for more and have pleasure in calling the world my home. Nearly ten years ago I began what was supposed to be one year away, but the spark started even before that. Beginning with a semester abroad, my early travels paved the way for what has now become a way of life. I've taught English in classrooms across Asia, bused about Europe, road-tripped the US in a 15-passenger van, and fallen in love time and again, with countries, cultures and people I've met along the way.
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"We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.” – Pico Iyer