Europe Diaries

  

  After I graduated university in Seoul, I told my mom that I am going to go to Europe and just be there for a month or so. Because 1. I really wanted to travel and explore countries that I hear everyday that they are awesome, 2. I really could use some break of my life. I felt like i had never taken a decent break since I was in the elementary school until the graduation of university. For those who may not understand what I am saying quite yet, let me explain. When I was in the middle school, I went to some academies after school and came home 2 or 3 in the morning studying for 3 years and high school was simply repeat. For those who thinking 'why though', 1.Korea is crazy about studying more after school at the academy so that it is like natural things to do for almost every young teenagers. Yup, it is pretty tough to be a teenager here, 2.  I just need to be good at what I do.

  The first thing I did as soon as I got paid for the first time was purchasing a ticket to London.  I worked for 4 more months until 31st December, 2014, quit my job and then I was busy to getting ready for my travel for 20 days.

  I was so scared and freaking out 3 days before I leave, i actually calculated how much money i will lose if I cancel all of it. But then, I decided not to cancel because I would lose too much. I was in Europe, more specifically, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, München, Rome, Barcelona, Toulouse and Paris for 75 days and I called Korean Air in order to delay my plane for 5 times because I had planned to stay only for 35 days at first and also I did not want to leave. 

  I did not want to be just a tourist. I just wanted to feel like I am part of the city. I used Airbnb except for Toulouse and Paris and it was a hell of an experience because you get to have your host that you can immediately communicate as soon as you arrive in the city and your room with cozy bed and most of the times amazing interior also, sometimes cute little pets. So much better than a hotel room, in my opinion. In France, I had amazing friends who loved me unconditionally and fed me, cared for me like bunch of angels or sometimes like a mommy. I can say I was not just a tourist. Maybe it is because I've never considered myself Korean mentally, I guess. I did some pretty badass things and I was so glad people would not notice it that much because people do not expect Asian girl who travels to be bad. I met nice people but also crazy ones. Well... I think occasionally I was one of them also. This trip changed(or should I say transformed?) me so much, I became braver, fearless and I also worked on my Idgaf attitude pretty damn hard. 

  I left Seoul, Incheon international airport on 20th, January for London and came back to Seoul from Paris on 5th, April. So many photos to edit, too many crazy things but anyways... here we go.