So I've been here for going on three weeks. I gotta say - I love it here. No question Korea is way me. I'm so glad that I decided to go through with this. This decision is the best possible direction I could have gone with my life at this point in time. I've never felt more at peace, I've never felt more complete. Don't get me wrong, I miss everyone back home immensely. Almost three weeks and I haven't been kidnapped for sale in the Korean sex trade, I haven't found myself saying "oh man living in another country really makes me understand how great america is and what a great country we live in" - This is so far from anything I feel about this experience. American's who say shit like that are f*cking ignorant @$$holes. America hasn't been a great place to live in a VERY long time, and it doesn't have a whole lot to make me proud of it. I feel more free in Korea than I ever did in America. I feel like I'm allowed to actually exercise and own my natural rights - I feel like the government isn't restricting me in every aspect. Living in Korea has made me realize how much undu stress is put upon the American citizen, simply by being american. If you're reading this and your a little flag waving patriot and I just offended you - stop being pissed at me and start being pissed at your government.

Okay I'm done ranting. haha.

On to coffee!! So the coffee selection here is pathetic. Very dissappointing. All they have everywhere are these little individual packets of instant, which if i doubled up on probably would be a little stronger. However, none of these packets are just straight up coffee. First of all they're all just really weak. Second, they ALL have some amount of sugar or cream in them. I am so deprived and sad about this situation. I haven't found a starbucks yet. I know they're around, just haven't come across one yet. On a more positive note, there is a coffee shop in Seoul that serves a rare coffee that is a delicacy. The beans come from Indonesia and a cup runs anywhere from 33$-100$. This place sells it for 42$. The weird part (yes, weird) is that the beans are first eaten by these cats and then the cats deficate them and the harvesters collect the cat poo and clean the beans off. The enzymes in the cats digestive tract somehow enrich the flavor of this coffee. After the beans are clean they are lightly roasted to seal in the flavors. I'm definitely going to try it.
Love Everyone. -2-