Day 0: Departing for Seoul
As my trip got closer, I started scouting the weather of Seoul and looking at the average temperatures during the month of October. The historical records suggested the temperatures would be in the high teens and for the most part I packed as such. In the last week of September however, Seoul got a lot of rain and the temperatures dropped dramatically so my Aunt urged to pack for colder weathers which I did also. As much of a trip this was for me, it also a trip for my mom to return to Korea after 25 years. Over the last decade, there were several times when I asked my mom whether she wanted to visit Korea and see her siblings again. She always replied with an answer that made sense but I never fully understood. She said that since she had been away for so long, it was better to stay away and remember how things were. From her perspective, seeing them again would make the inevitable departure that much more emotional and difficult. Therefore I went to Korea with not only the intentio...