We started the morning by going to tour City Hall. Before the tour, we stopped at Tim Hortons for drinks, which was a really nice way to start the day. I ordered a Dirty Diana, which was a mix of pomegranate and orange flavors. I wasn’t sure what to expect at first, but it ended…
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Day 5: Archery and Samsung Tour
Today was the shortest one yet, but certainly not the least interesting. We started the day with what I had been the most excited for by far, and that was the archery experience at Suwon fortress. For some background, I do archery recreationally and it is one of my favorite things to do when 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…
Seoul Me the Way to Tim Hortons
Day 3: Today we started our day at 9 a.m. and took the trains to City Hall. Before our tour, we stopped at a Tim Hortons, which honestly felt crazy because they have a Tim Hortons in Seoul but not in Pittsburgh. We all ordered different drinks to try, and I ended up loving the…
The Invention of Guns Makes Sense: Day 4
Today, I also did an Instagram Takeover, so most of you reading know what I am about to talk about. To start, we went to Suwon Fortress for an archery activity. This is where my title comes from, as this was very hard and ridiculous to aim properly. However, somehow the whole event was only…
Day 3: City Hall and Water Treatment Facility Tours
We started the day with a tour through Seoul City Hall, and as impressive as the building’s appearance is, the interior was far more stunning. Massive vertical gardens spanned several floors highlighting a lush lobby that I would love to see incorporated more in American architecture. The amount of nature woven into the architecture we…
Day 4 – Shooting at Suwon and Shopping by Shinsegae
We went to Suwon Fortress to explore the area and shoot some arrows. I managed to hit the target right in the forehead, but many of my arrows went off target. Mostly, I missed because I couldn’t aim properly and aimed too far to the right. I didn’t anticipate that I’d have to aim pretty…
City Hall, Water, and Barbecue
Today we started with a tour of Seoul City Hall. We were divided into two groups, each with two tour guides and were given a tour of the building. One of the most interesting parts of the city hall was its emphasis on sustsainability and green spaces. Right when we walked inside the building, there…
Samsung and Dumplings
Day started off pretty standard, this time around, but now we had a charter to take us around rather than having to do public transport. As grateful as I am to be able to travel efficiently using the subway lines for cheap, I’ll admit, the walking is a little tiring! We started off with Suwon…
South Korea 03: Water Infrastructure
Today started a bit more normally, i.e. without a scavenger hunt for our professor. We first visited the new Seoul City Hall, a flowing 12-floor glass building that houses the metropolitan government. I did a bit of sketching of the building from a few angles, and my sketches were pretty poor, but sketching is about…
Past and Future: Day Four
During today’s explorations, we were driven around in a coach bus. This form of transportation was convenient, as the locations we visited would have been long and costly rides on the subway. The first place we visited was the Suwon Fortress. We explored multiple parts of the site, as the whole facility is huge. We…
Day 3: To the Top of the Tower
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…
넷 – Arisu Water Facility and KBBQ
Today was another very busy day. To start, we went to Seoul City Hall and explored on our own for an hour before our tour. Something that immediately stood out to me was how massive the building was. I found the architecture to be pretty cool, and I enjoyed seeing all the plants incorporated into…
Day 3: Reminders of Home
Yesterday (May 6) was yet another long day (notice a pattern?). I tried writing this last night, but I was falling asleep in the process. City Hall Our first stop was City Hall. We got there early, before our scheduled tour, so we were allowed to explore on our own. Ben, Jake, Manav, Madeleine, Kali,…
First company Vist: Water
To start off the day, I woke up again around 6:00 in the morning, and after breakfast, left with my group for a tour of the new City Hall of Seoul. When arriving in front of the Hall, we still had a good amount of time before our tour; we had some free time to…
Water: Day 3
I never knew I liked water so much. Yesterday, since once we got back I was too tired to write a blog, we first visited Seoul City Hall and then went to a water purification center. At the city hall, we met Mr. Kim, our tour guide, and went through the new and old halls….
Everything the light touches is Seoul
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…
Day 2: Travel games and K-pop
We started the day wondering when Dr Yun would show up to meet with everyone in the lobby of the hotel, but then we get a message that he was somewhere in Seoul and we would need to find him scavenger hunt style. He left us a picture of his surroundings every few minutes until…
Day 3 – HECHI THE GOAT
This morning, we went to the city hall of Seoul. I like to think of the city hall as the personal domicile of Hechi, Seoul’s mascot, who embodies justice and safety. We had a very nice tour guide who took us through both the new and old parts of the city hall. I enjoyed the…