A Little Piece of Home

One important factor that has helped my mom feel a bit better about my move to Korea is that she knows someone living here--a friend from high school!  She feels better knowing that I can use Don as a contact here if I ever need anything.  Of course I like that too.

Last Saturday I got to spend the day with Don, his wife, Poksun, and another friend from high school, Bob, who was here for work.  Don and Poksun live in Daegu, which is about an hour or hour and a half drive from here.  They came to Busan to take me to lunch!  My mom was so excited for me to meet them and I was also looking forward to it.  They picked me up at my apartment and we headed to Haeundae (the touristy area in Busan) in the car.  It took maybe an hour to get there?  I didn't quite keep track, but I felt bad.  I had no idea at the time how bad the traffic is here because I'm always underground!  After we had some lunch, we walked along the beach area.  I hadn't been to this beach yet, so I was excited to check it out.  Then we grabbed some coffee before we headed back into the crazy traffic making our way to Hwamyeong again.

It was a relaxing day and so nice to be with people who know my mom and are from the same area as me.  I was able to talk about home with people who knew or understood what I was saying.  It was a nice little connection to home in a way.  I was thankful for that.  Don wants me to come to Daegu to visit them sometime soon.  That's definitely the plan.  I'm not sure when yet, but I will make it up there.

To end the day, once I got back to my apartment, I tore open my box from home that Don brought for me since it was delivered to him.  I knew my summer clothes would be in there--the ones that didn't fit in my suitcases at least!  My mom also threw in a bunch of other goodies--Golden Grahams, Reese's Pieces, pretzels, beef jerky, and a few other things.  I was thankful for these little pieces of home that came through conversation with some great people and a package from my family.

                             Thank you all again for coming to Busan!

                                          Eating my Golden Grahams while skyping my parents!  Always love my cereal!