hello, pyeong-chang!

The city of Pyeongchang, in the Gangwon province will be hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics. When I visited couple of weeks ago, there were many promotional billboards around the province cheering on the bid for Pyeongchang. I kakao-talked my dad Wednesday morning who sent back a picture of the family in front of the television waiting for the announcement of locale for the 2018 Olympics... then celebration!

The NY Times article mentions hwang-tae(sundried fish) as a local delicacy, which we did indeed take for family friends. It is strange to be reading an article on this local place I got to know and love, from a different neutral perspective which doesn't forget to mention that it is only 50 miles South of North Korea.

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People are cheering for selection of Poporo as the mascot for this Olympics, which would be perfect- he's a penguin, enjoys winter sports, and has the name starting with P!

***I looked down at the pen I was writing with and realized that it's an Olympic pen! I stole this from my dad when I was in Korea, and now it's a reality.