Day 8 was our first full day in a new location in Korea: Pohang. It’s a city of about 500,000 people, located in the southeast of the country on the ocean. It’s a very different vibe from Seoul, which is a huge city of over 9 million. Although Pohang isn’t a very touristy, we’re here…

I’ll combine these two days, since they’re interconnected and very unique. For the first time on the Plus3 Korea trip, we are visiting locations other than Seoul. I feel very lucky to be part of the first group to experience this opportunity! On the morning of day 6, we departed Seoul for Gyeongju, the old…

Our fifth day in Korea was one of the most unique and interesting so far, and it was our last full day in Seoul for now. It consisted of two main activities: visiting the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and a baseball game. We left for the DMZ in the morning, which was about an hour…

Our fourth day in Korea started a little bit differently. Instead of taking the subway as we had in previous days, we took a private coach to Suwon, a city about an hour outside Seoul. This was a change of pace and convenient for what was a longer trip than what we had done previously….

Day three in Seoul started at nine in the morning with a subway trip, which was now becoming standard. Our first stop was Seoul City Hall, but we had a bit of free time first. I took a quick stop at an ATM, since I had only brought $20 in cash (USD) and had to…

Our second day in Korea started unexpectedly. The itinerary very vaguely suggested that we would be “sightseeing.” Looking back, this was a bit strange for an itinerary that is otherwise quite specific. When we arrived in the lobby at 10:30, we were informed that Dr. Yun had already traveled to an unknown location and that…

Our first day in Korea started early, but not too bright. After a 15 hour long flight, the plane landed at Incheon International Airport at 4 AM, and my first surprise was how cheap things were in the airport convenience store. I’ve never seen an airport where you could get a bottle of water for…

I’m sitting in the Pittsburgh airport right now writing this, waiting to board our plane to Atlanta. This trip is certainly going to be a long haul! We have a 7 hour layover in Atlanta, and then the flight to Korea is 15 hours long. I’ve been to Europe and those flights are “only” 7…

Hi! My name is Victor Ezaru and I’m a first-year student at Pitt in the School of Computing and Information (SCI), planning to study computer science. I am a native to the Pittsburgh area, born and raised in the suburb of Monroeville, where I’ve lived my whole life. Ever since I was young, I was…