Mimi, a bumpkin girl from a rural village, teaches Korean to employees of her embassy in the United States. She falls head-over-heels in love with a ladies man named Albert while she tries to settle down to a new life in a foreign country. With Albert's tendency to have wandering eyes, heartbreak for Mimi comes as no surprise. On top of her romantic woes, her visa expires and she's forced to relocate back to her rural village in Korea. But her life is once again turned upside down when Albert shows up unexpectedly at her village in order to win her back.