Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Back In the US

Christmas Eve - Finished packing bags and my room. Left Nonsan around 1pm, arrive Yongsan Station around 4, Myeondong at 7, met friend at 8, dinner 8:30, Namsan Tower, arrived at apartment at 1 am.

Christmas Day - Woke up 7:30, shower and breakfast, airport bus to Incheon, reorganized suitcases, grabbed a dounut and drank my water bottle dry before they could confiscate it and later refilled it (3x during the trip), left Korea 12 noon, arrived in Japan, Immigration and Customs with only one shoulder bag: "Um, is that all you have?" asked Customs, left the airport, exchanged currency, strolled around some more, bought a few items, airplane left 45 minutes late, arrived in LAX, Immigrations and Customs, freshened up in bathroom, met Grandpa for lunch 11:30 am, rode home, fell asleep around 5:30 pm, woke up 1 am.

I came back knowing I will return to Korea in two weeks. That combined with sitting around Nonsan for 3 days with nothing to do, has allowed me to mentially prepare myself for the return. Returning from Yonsei I went through heavy reverse culture shock. This time around I feel more prepared and, do I say I feel very American right now?

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