Seoul in October is perfect for visiting. Fall weather, around 60 degrees F, feels very comfortable walking on the street. Special thanks to our friend S for showing us around Seoul. We had a great time there!

I’ve always want to visit DMZ, but they stopped doing the tour due to African swine fever outbreak. I was a bit disappointed before the trip, but our friend S took us to so many cool spots and delicious restaurants. Was originally concerned my recent wisdom tooth extraction would prevent me from enjoying the foods here, thank God my wound healed enough for me to not miss out on the many delicious Korean dishes!

Seoul customer service is unparalleled, many speak fluent English and are professional and friendly. It was a big stress reliever for someone like me who only knows how to say “thank you” and “delicious” in Korean. Even the locals were super friendly. When we were riding the metro, a stranger sitting next to us used a translating app to tell us “I don’t know where you are going, but next stop is the last stop on this line, transfer is avoidable at this station.”

P. S. UN and his one-year college Korean skills paid dividends this time!

我愛十月的首爾，讓我想起紐約。入秋溫度約華氏60度，一件薄外套能撐一整天。走在路上非常舒服，完全不黏不流汗。非常謝謝朋友S帶我們到處玩，在幾乎沒做任何功課的情況下，我們的地主朋友帶我們去好多地方，從早到晚陪著我們！此時非常想念在首爾那幾天。

一直想到南北韓邊界參觀，但因非洲豬瘟疫情，無法到邊界參觀有點失落，也因此行程規劃呈現暫停狀態。但朋友S把首爾逛透透，還帶我去吃超好吃韓國料理。原先擔心智齒開刀無法正常吃飯，好險傷口恢復不錯，雖然吃飯慢了點，但還是能在韓國盡情大吃大喝。

首爾店員英文超好，態度超友善，還超能聊是我對首爾的印象！對我這種韓文只會說謝謝（감사합니다）和好吃（맛있어요）真的是減輕不少壓力。首爾路人也超好人，我們三人搭地鐵時，路人用翻譯APP寫「我不知道你要去哪，但下一站是最後一站，這一站可以轉車。」天阿，太貼心了吧！我必須計畫一下明年再去一趟韓國了。

P.S. UN學了一年韓文終於派上用場！

Cover photo by Steve K. (Thank you!!!!)

A last minute decision to come to Atlanta for the long weekend. Cleaned the house Saturday morning (a road trip routine), got an oil change, packed our luggage and hit the road to head down south! A 9-hour drive, only briefly stopped in Charlotte, NC for a quick bite. Exhausted by the end of the day, but seeing our dear friends and eating authentic Korean food was all worth it!

這趟真的猛！週五晚上和UN的朋友聊天後，決定開車來喬治亞州找他。週六一早把家裡整理乾淨（每次出門前的怪癖）、換好機油、整理好行李，直接上路！九小時車程，中間短暫停留北卡。雖然累爆，但見到朋友們的開心感加上能吃到好吃韓國料理，疲憊全消！