We woke up early and went to Postech for the second day. It was rumored to be an industrial engineering and data science tour, but it turned out to be a campus tour. We got split up into different groups than normal and were shown around by students of the campus. They reminded me of…

I woke up in the middle of the night because Sophie’s phone was going off. And I turn around to see her phone on a Nintendo switch and maybe that’s why it’s so loud, so I moved it off the switch and went back to sleep. When I woke up, I told her that and…

Today we got up at 5am for the morning meditation session with the monks. It was very early for me, but I was curious, so I went. We arrived like a min late but still got a mat. Only 6 of us made it up for the mediation. It started with some stretching and then…

This morning we checked out of the hotel we had been calling home. We had to leave by 8:20 to catch the train to Gyeongju. I had the last breakfast with the orange juice and then checked out with Sophie. We rode the bus about 20 min to the train station. At the train station…

Today we departed later than normal at 9:20. It gave me and Sophie time to call our friend Rujuta who lives back in Pittsburg. Then we got back on the bus to leave for the DMZ. It was a long ride there. At the DMZ we got a quick tour from Ester of some statues…

We had to leave this morning for a charter bus to the Suwon fortress at 9. I got up around 7:30 and ate breakfast outside. From there we took the bus for an hour to the fortress. At the fortress we had an archery lesson, and were given 10 arrows. I hit nothing, well I…

Today we needed to get going early, and it was business casual dress because we were going on a site visit later in the afternoon to a water plant. We started the day at Seoul city hall, and we had some free time to split into small groups and explore. Mine went down the stairs to…

It feels like this has been an endless day. I didn’t get much sleep on the plane over watched a bunch of movies. And in case anyone is curious… Anaconda 8/10- stupid but good Taylor Tomlinson: Prodigal Daughter 9/10- comedy special Swapped 5/10- good villain annoying heroes The Sea Beast: 10/10- brilliant highly recommend Anyway,…

Hi! My name is Kali Jacobs, and I am a freshman here at Pitt double majoring in CS and digital narrative and interactive design or DNID. I am from Lancaster PA, but have lived all over the USA, so traveling around is not new for me. At Pitt I am part of WiCs (women in…