From the Holt Korea tour, adoptee Krista Gause shares about visiting the town where her birth mother lived — and the reasons why she fell in love with it. 

I only know a few things about my birth mother.

She was 23 when she had me.
She gave birth to me in Dongdaemun, Seoul.
She died on January 17, 1996.
And she was registered in Miryang.

In Korea, where one is registered could mean various things but more than likely it’s where her family is from (at least that’s what Koreans have been telling me).

So today while the rest of our group toured around Busan, John and I went to Miryang. And it was absolutely beautiful.