Off to Korea
The problem with going to East Asia is that once you’ve gotten all the way across the Pacific, things start to feel a lot closer, tempting you into more and more travel. My friend talked me out of visits to Shanghai or Hong Kong, because they’re actually still kind of far away, but we did agree on one short trip: Seoul, the capital of South Korea—just a two hour and twenty-minute flight from Japan. We secured housing for my friend late last week, and she is set to move in on July 1. What better way to pass the interceding time than by touring around?
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