happy birthday to me, spent at the han river in the best of company!! thank you my friends for sharing this night with me!!

finally met up with my dear friend (and our tokyo native guide) yu, and the first order of business was to get out to a local bar and try the sake... and we did try plenty... (i like it hot)

tokyo from 36 stories up: we hid out in this giant mall to escape the rain~

tokyo tower stands over the city like a big red eiffel tower, and from the top you get the most incredible perspective on the mix of old and new that makes up tokyo~

better late than never, we got to tokyo just in time for the end of sakura season~ and the city looks great in pink! very cool to witness such a huge symbol of japan

visited the temple and gardens in asakusa and was so impressed~ everything is huge and bold and bright red!

basic breakdown of my travel group this week in tokyo:

marijn and thomas, trying to cram everything in the lonely planet guide into five short days


andrea and jean-baptiste, making everything infinitely more difficult and loving it


and me, wondering how i got stuck on this trip with the four most high-maintenance european boys i've ever known

feliz cumple maricarmen!! and even in seoul we hunted down some mexican food to celebrate right with our mexican princess! thank you for the sombreros!!!! :D

some very silly photos from my premiere on kbs's 미녀들의 수다~ a talk show here in korea where a panel of international girls chat about their home cultures and their experiences regarding korean culture. look for me on monday nights for the rest of the season!

me and dami went skiing this weekend and it was so nice to be outside the city, yes indeed, and to see forever mountains full of snow, and to speed down the hill with no mushy korean couples in my way!!!!