I am already an expert getting around Seoul. Well, maybe not an expert, but much better than I was yesterday. This morning, I went on a scavenger hunt, trying to find Dr. Yun based on the clues that he sent. First, he was at the Jogyesa Temple, which had beautiful lanterns hanging. Each lantern has…
Category: Plus3 Korea
Day 1: Early Start in Korea
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…
Scavenger Hunt Through Seoul
Today, we were expecting a day full of sightseeing and tours, but instead, we were assigned to find Dr. Yun through a scavenger hunt! We got to use the subway on our own and figured out where he was by following the hints. We ended up at Jogyesa Temple and it was really pretty there….
Seoul Day one
Currently I am in the Atlanta airport, waiting here during my seven-hour layover to be able to eventually get on my 14-hour flight. I have been using this time to reflect because there has been little time to mentally prepare myself for my trip since finals ended just yesterday. While I’m so excited there’s also…
Day 2: Finally in Seoul
Day 2 began immediately after landing in Korea with a bus ride from Incheon International Airport to our hotel in Seoul. So far, I have had little problems adjusting to the 13 hour time difference, much less than times I’ve traveled to Europe, which is very surprising. During our bus ride, we met our tour…
Hunt (Korea, Day 2!)
Day 2 has officially wrapped of our Korea trip! Quite a fun one. We started our day with breakfast at the hotel (a trend), to which I then followed with a coffee from one of the many convenient stores (a zero sugar sweet Americano and soy milk is a great combo; definitely recommend!), before we…
Seoul Much to See
Korea Day 1: The first day in Seoul has been incredible. We landed at 4 a.m., and ever since, we have just been on the move. I think I hit about 20,000 steps. Today we visited Gyeongbokgung Palace first. The palace was extraordinary. Our tour guide, Esther, explained all of the detailing of the palace…
Day 1: Flights & Palaces & Villages, oh my!
Alright, this is going to be a long post. A lot happened yesterday (May 4). The Flights Surprisingly, the 16 hour flight was not nearly as bad as I expected. The food was better than I expected, and I was thankfully able to get a good bit of sleep. I had a window seat, which…
Subways Scare Me: Day 1
Well, here we are! We arrived in Incheon at 4am but had to take a one-hour bus ride to the hotel. The drive was beautiful as the sun rose, and when we finally got to the hotel, we had a bit of free time before breakfast and sightseeing. Once noon hit, as I lay in…
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….
Plus3 South Korea 02: Gyeongbokgung Palace
Today, we arrived at the ICN airport at 4:00 am and drove into Seoul. Most of us were pretty tired after just coming off our 16-hour flight from Atlanta, but we were all very excited for what was to come as we began to see the natural and architectural beauty of Korea on our drive…
Market-ing: Day One
After that sixteen-hour flight, we finally arrived in South Korea. I was nervous about the flight length, but it went very well. We were fed three times on the flight, and for the rest of the time I closed my eyes and drifted into sleep. Eventually, we arrived at about 4am in Korea time, but…
South Korea 01: On People-Moving
What I want to say is “I won’t bore you with the details”, but what I actually mean is “many of my tripmates have already written blog posts objectively describing what we saw and did, so I won’t beat a dead horse here.” In short, we landed in Incheon shortly after four in the morning…
First Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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,…
Hour Zero: The Journey
Today we headed off to South Korea! I started the day sitting in the Pittsburgh Airport waiting to fly to Atlanta. That flight was only about two hours, so it went by pretty quickly. Once we got to Atlanta, we had a seven-hour layover, which felt really long. I used that time to finish one…
So Much To Do In Seoul!
We have finally landed in Korea! The long flight was worth it, but I was very tired. I slept the whole flight, but the plane was uncomfortable. When we finally got to the hotel, I showered immediately; it was so nice to be clean. Then I had breakfast with my friends Anshi, Kali, and Maddie,…
Day One: The Journey Begins
Hello again readers! It has been a very long and eventful day, so boy is there a lot to share. Starting where we left off, the final flight to Korea was not nearly as bad as everyone expected it to be. There were the standard occurrences like a crying baby (with impressive stamina: I don’t…
Goodbye College Hello Study Abroad
Yesterday, I finally made it to Seoul, Korea, but first, I want to talk about my 15+ hour plane trip and start before my first exciting day of the trip. To start, to be honest, the flight to Korea wasn’t that bad; it was nice that it started at midnight so most of the plane…
Day 1 – Stranded in Seoul
The wait is finally over. We landed in Seoul at 4 in the morning, arriving at Incheon Airport. We quickly met up with Esther, our local travel guide here in Korea. We then left for the hotel (we all desperately needed a shower at this point) by bus. As we rode on the bus, it…
Airplane
SO! To recap, we’ve been in Seoul for about a day after traveling 30+ hours from Pittsburgh to Incheon. Quite crazy, but nothing I haven’t done before! The day started like so: Saturday, at 5 AM, I wake up to the joyous sounds of marathon runners. I have finally moved out of my dorm, I’m…