Melanie's Mostly Writing

Today we did the mammoth journey from Incheon in South Korea to Glasgow in Scotland via Beijing and Heathrow in London. It feels like two days ago that we started. I was surprised in Beijing’s Daxxing airport to see Starbucks (although the Ice Americano was most welcome) and McDonalds. I thought being a communist country…

I’m almost ready to go to Scotland on Friday. We haven’t packed yet, but that shouldn’t take long. We are travelling light. I have to take the big suitcase as I have some things to collect at my mum and dad’s house. But, aside from that, we are not taking much. I want to go…

It’s the start of monsoon season here in South Korea. So far, however, we haven’t had much rain in Uijeongbu at all. It’s humid and sticky but it’s not raining a lot. When it does rain it’s still warm and is very different from the rain back home in Scotland which can be refreshing in…

Today I went for a nap in the afternoon but accidentally slept for three hours! I just wanted to stretch out for twenty minutes but I struggled to wake up. In my dream I was on a stony beach and trying to get up but I couldn’t move. I’d gotten too cozy and didn’t wake…