SEOUL 1988

my little sister amanda and me in seoul, south korea, 

summer of 1988

when i was six years old we lived in south korea. i don't talk about it much mostly because i tend to forget it ever happened. the most distinct memories i have of south korea are the way it smelled (plastic and cigarettes), the itch of a hanbok on your neck, buying rice by the scoopful from giant piles on the floor at the shops, and the amazing korean whistling candies from the store across the street (i always look for them at candy shops but i haven't found them since!). i remember seeing a lot of construction leading up to the the summer olympics, and i barely remember going to see a few events as a family. (we even saw flo jo race.) 

on monday my dad emailed me a few photos he took that summer in 1988. i have SO many memories of my dad taking photos and making videos when we lived in korea. if there had been such a thing as a blogger in 1988, you better believe my dad would have been one. 

p.s. a few of my friends from the city are overseas on work assignments, 

one in singapore, one in england. 

my friend in england reports watching far more sailing and 

equestrian events than she's ever seen on american tv, 

and my friend in singapore told me she was watching 

olympic diving the other day when they suddenly cut to.... 

table tennis. 

hah!