Seoul Trip and More!
Well I said I would update this blog (diary) everyday, but everyday I'm so busy and I always come home fairly late and tired! This will be another long post about my trip to Seoul on Thursday!
Anyways, for the Seoul trip you could chose 1 of 4 different groups taking 4 different routes through Seoul. The groups were A, J, O, and U, and I was in the most popular, group O. Also, all of the cool people were in group O! haha. We all met at 9am (way too early) and the 30 or so of us in Group O took buses to Seoul. Once in Seoul we were guided through a few subways stops until we reached Namsangol Traditional Korean Village. There you could play Korean games, learn dances and songs, and most importantly wear traditional Korean clothes, Hanbok! After much fun and joking the entire group went for lunch where we naturally sat on the floor and ate bulgogi. After lunch we went to Gyeongbokgung palace, which is in the heart of Seoul. It is the largest palace in the country and a very historical and beautiful place. We witnessed the changing of the guards and saw many of the outside gates. Thursday was also Korean Independence Day so there were very very many people and I will return again later to actually go inside. Vytas has been 3 times and has never seen the entire palace. Close to there was Insadong, a popular place for foreigners, but we basically just walked through. In the end we ended up on this market for dinner and luckily we were accompanied by Ajou students so we were able to order some pajeon which is like a Korean pancake. This market was great with many people, smells, lots of sounds and sights, all very Korean. At this point the tour was over, we were all whipped from walking in Seoul from 9am-8pm and so the majority of the group went back to Suwon. Of course, Floris, Jerrel, Vytas, and I went to Gangnam which is a very posh district of Seoul and had drinks with some Korean students until we finally got back to Ajou at 1:30.
Yesterday, Friday, was a nice relaxing day in which I didn't have to do anything. It was nice to sleep until noon and then go eat in the cafeteria and then just relax in the afternoon. The weather was raining in the morning but got better. Last night we went out with a group of 6 to have some good chicken for dinner and then about 30 of us met at Janbeers till 2. Also, yesterday was the first day of school, but my first class isn't until Monday.
Today is Saturday and now it's about 1pm so I will go eat some lunch soon. Then possibly visit a jimjilbang and just relax before going to Seoul tonight. Take care, everyone!
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