Opening New Doors

Adventure [ad-ven-cher]  noun

participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises: the spirit of adventure.

When deciding to come to Korea, adventure was the underlying reason.  For the most part I told people (including myself) that I was doing it to find out who I was.  Korea was my path to self discovery, or at 23 maybe it’s rediscovery.  Deep down though, adventure was the intangible object dangling in front of me, enticing enough to force the leap.  Too often in American society we’re told once college is over, that’s it for the adventure department.  Get your fun in now because adulthood awaits.  I wasn’t ready to throw in the towel on exploration so this was going to be my last hurrah.  But to discover adventure you must search for it.

This week we had three days off school.  Tuesday through Thursday I had all to myself to enjoy Chuseok; a Korean holiday centered on time with family, honoring the dead and of course food.  Having no money to travel, and no family to celebrate with I was left to my own devices.  This allowed me to seek out some adventure, albeit on a very small stage.

I have a pretty good sense of direction (thank you mom) so I have no problem just setting out for a stroll with no map or idea of where I’m going.  I ventured into Jeonju during the week, just to see the place.  To take some pictures and to get an idea of where things were.  What I found out was that if you look hard enough, this is a pretty interesting place filled with opportunity.