SEOUL

Shout out to my city though I hardly be in town. - Drake

I forgot to mention to you all that the file my parents were given left out where I was born. My biological mother was born in a remote village in the countryside, but she moved to Seoul to find work to help support her family. I was born in Seoul, and my mother was 20-years-old when she gave birth.

It's amazing to me how Seoul is the largest city in the developed world. My grandfather was stationed in Korea during the war, and said that everything in the city was destroyed when he was there in the 50s. Just 60 years later it has become one of the strongest economies int he world and is a leader of the technological world.

I have been milking the fact that this is my city to my parents. The other night, I directed us to CPK and my parents said that they were impressed I remembered how to get there my response was, "This is my city. It's in my blood."As much as I want to say I'm joking, I'm not. I feel a weird connection to this city -- maybe it's the fact that people automatically speak to me in Korean like I could just fit in with the crowd. Maybe it's my history in this place, even though it was a short one. Maybe it's the fact that this city is so different then anything I have ever experienced -- and I want to experience it all.

Whatever my connection with this city is, over the past 4 days I have fallen in love with it. Tomorrow we are heading to Busan, the second largest city in South Korea. Busan is a port city much more south than Seoul. I am excited to see other parts of the country within the next few days, but I am already excited to come back here on Thursday.