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Today my aunt wanted to take me to visit the Seoul Museum of History. I think she felt bad that I was travelling alone and didn't have any younger relatives available to accompany and show me around the city. It was a sentiment shared by my other aunts who had children my age but who were unavailable to act as a guide because of work. In reality though, I really enjoyed and preferred travelling alone as it made me in control of my own schedule. I think it would be a little awkward too to all of sudden be paired with someone I really didn't know even if they were relatives. I found Seoul to be very tourist friendly and an easy place to travel. Mind you, I know Korean also (albeit less than I would like) so that certainly helped along the way. It was partly my fault though for my aunt feeling that way because I never explained to her how much I pre-planned my entire trip. For some reason it never crossed my mind until later to show her my Lonely Planet Book, my itineraries, GPS, ...

After catching up with my 2 aunts and unpacking all my clothes and gifts I had a small breakfast and then later on in the morning went out with my aunt to the supermarket to buy some groceries for myself since I don’t eat Korean food with the same rigor as my relatives. I’m not a big breakfast eater and normally I will not have anything more than a yogurt or a banana or a piece of toast. Considering that Koreans breakfasts tend to resemble what they would have for lunch or dinner, my aunt was always generally concerned that I hardly ate anything in the morning to the point where one day she got emotional that she thought she was underfeeding me. Sweet aunt. I assured her that my eating habits were the same in Canada and that my not eating a lot wasn’t because there wasn’t anything to eat but because I just don’t eat big portions, especially in the morning. I can snack all day or have many mini meals throughout the day and be totally fine and content whereas my relatives were of the min...