This was 2013. Fresh out of teachers' college in Canada, saw a booth at a job fair, signed up to teach in Korea. Didn't research it at all. Packed sandals. It was four degrees when I landed.
Four years, two schools, one relationship that became a marriage. I'm back in Korea now, a decade later, and I've been thinking about those early years constantly... the students who made me laugh every single day, the friends I made in the middle of the night over cold noodles, the person I was still becoming without knowing it.
I finally wrote it all down. It's called So… Where Even Is Korea?
Posting an excerpt in the comments. Link to the full book in the comments too if anyone's interested.
Would love to hear from anyone else who's written about living abroad ~