We’ve picked a path! We’re finishing out this visa in Sapporo, the big city on Hokkaido, and then spending a week in Seoul before coming back.
Sapporo is pretty much a must-see if you’re in Hokkaido, and we’re excited for that. No specific plans other than making sure to get some more delicious food, but there should be plenty to do there.
Seoul is actually the part I’m most excited for. It’s of course going to be fun to visit a new country, but I’m also going to be meeting up with a friend of mine there that I’ve never actually met in person! We met on the forums back in the time before Facebook, and happened to reconnect recently. It’s pretty crazy – our airbnb is gonna be, like, a twenty minute walk from him. So he’s gonna show us around, we’re gonna meet his wife, it’s gonna be great.
Things have been pretty quiet other than making these plans. We did have a wonderful time at a friend’s house baking bread and making a bunch of new friends, but other than that, we’ve mostly been hanging out, prepping, or relaxing. You can expect some more frequent updates in Sapporo and Seoul as we’re in vacation mode again, followed by another slowdown (though not a stoppage!) once we’re back in Hakodate.