Not a Glamorous Travel Blog

True stories from a life lived with reckless abandon by an average Midwest American girl

Welcome to Stupid Things I’ve Done

The question I struggle with most is, “Where are you from?” It always catches me off guard. I pause, searching for an answer that feels true, but none ever does. This collection of travel stories and images is my attempt to make sense of that, to follow the threads of belonging and see where they lead me.

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couple touching The Virgin of Montserrat or Black Madonna

South Korean country middle school hallway

black and white photo of woman at the top of Gaya Mountain South Korea

woman drinking traditional Korean tea at tearoom

Upper deck of the Norwegian Pearl during the Boaty Weekender 2019

Mogwai on the Boaty Weekender cruise 2019

Belle and Sebastian on the Boaty Weekender 2019

Donghwan Jin in Norwegian Pearl cabin on the Boaty Weekender 2019

Donghwan Jin drinking and espresso at Cagliari beach 2019

Kelly Jin and Donghwan Jin on the Boaty Weekender Cruise 2019

Kelly Jin standing next to small yellow car next the the beach in Cagliari, Sardinia 2019

Kelly Jin sitting outside a sandwich shop in Cagliari, Sardinia 2019

Kelly Jin and Donghwan Jin with the UK band, Whyt Horses on the upper deck of the cruise ship during

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Melbourne VIC, Australia

Conductor's door on Australian train at Newport Train Museum

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