Throughout the study abroad trip to South Korea, I have made so many great memories and learned so much about so many different things. Going into the trip, I knew that our days would be full of activities, but I really did underestimate the number of things you can fit into two weeks in another…
Author: MadeleineWatson
:( Last Day in Korea
This whole trip has been so memorable, and I have enjoyed every single moment of it so far. But, today is the last one, which means my last blog of the trip. Are you going to miss me? Our final day started off again with another trip to the Seoul City Hall. But, this time…
Steel Mill!!!!
Today, we headed back over to Postech to do a tour of their campus. They have a bunch of students who work with a lot of foreign exchange students and help them out, so we split up into a couple of different groups with different students and got to walk all around campus. My group’s…
Postech
Today was Monday, so officially we have had a full week of our trip! Today we went to visit the campus of one of the universities in Korea, POSTECH. Postech recently partnered with Pitt, so we were kind of acting as ambassadors at Pitt. We listened to a presentation all about Postech, met a grad…
Golgusa Day 2 & Tombs
Today was an early day to wake up! yay. Our wake-up time was 5 am, which might’ve been the earliest time that I’ve ever woken up. We first had morning chanting with the monks, which involved standing up and kneeling down while the monks were saying something in Korean. I found it very interesting that…
Golgusa Temple
Today we had a little more traveling, and this time we are headed out of Seoul and into a new city! We started the day off by getting to the train station, and got on the train to Busan. We weren’t going to Busan, but getting off at an earlier stop at Gyeongju. One thing…
DMZ day!
Hi again, everybody! Today, we are headed over to the DMZ (demilitarized zone), the border between North and South Korea. In order to get into this area, you need to have a tour scheduled, and you go through lots of security to get in. The tour bus has to stop at military checkpoints, and a…
Shopping In Korea
Hey guys! Today was our fourth day of the trip, and we got to do lots of fun stuff! First, we took a bus ride over to Suwon Fortress to do some archery. We each got about 10 arrows to fire at the targets, and I hit the target a total of 0 times. I…
Seoul City Hall
Welcome back! My day started off with a visit to the Seoul city hall, which is in the downtown area of Seoul. We had a tour planned for the day, but first we had some free time to explore the area around the city hall. I decided to take a look at the area beneath…
Real Life GeoGuesser
Once again, we are back with another blog! Today was the second day of our trip to Seoul, and once again it was a busy day full of things to do. To start off the day, when I was eating breakfast, I asked Dr. Yun what we would be doing today because the itinerary just…
First Day in Seoul!
Today marks the first official day of our trip to South Korea! Today was a long day full of walking around the city and exploring different landmarks in the city. Our tour guide, Esther, took us around a couple of different places. First, we went to the Gyeongbok Palace, which is from the Joseon dynasty….
30 Hour Day..
Hi again! I am writing this blog today as we are sitting in the Pittsburgh airport getting ready for our first flight. Today marks the start of our trip to Korea, and I am so excited! Yesterday, I finished moving out of my dorm completely after taking my last final. It’s a really weird feeling…
Watch Out Korea, Here I Come!
Hello, all! My name is Madeleine Watson and I am exciting to be participating in Plus 3 Korea this year! I am a first year student in the Swanson School of Engineering, and I plan to major in Electrical Engineering. I grew up not too far from Pittsburgh, in Harrison City, PA (about 40 minutes)….