It was an amazing two weeks in South Korea that was full of experiences that I will remember for the rest of my life. As this was my first time traveling to internationally, it changed my perspective on many things and taught me about a different culture that will impact me as I grow and…

The day has come. After two amazing weeks full of new experiences and memories it is finally the day that we have to travel back to the United States. Unfortunately, it is not going to be a quick and easy day. We began the trip with our bus ride from Busan to Incheon International Airport,…

It has been a very fun and busy two weeks of visits and experiences throughout South Korea and we have finally made it to our last day before we must take the long journey home. With nothing scheduled for today we all had the opportunity to sleep in today, which was great for the first…

Well we have made it to our last day of scheduled visits as we have one site visit and our second and final university visit for the trip. Our first stop was originally planned for SECO MIBOGEAR but unfortunately that was cancelled. However, they were able to get us a visit with the US Consulate…

During our first full day in Busan we had a couple company visits planned for us with Trainor Korea and Busan New Container Terminal. We had to meet to leave at 9:20 so we had a little bit of time to sleep in before getting ready and going to breakfast. Our first visit was Trainor…

We only were staying in Ulsan for one night before moving on to our next and final destination of Busan. Before getting on the bus and going to Busan, we had one more company visit to go to in Ulsan. Once again we were going to visit Hyundai, but this time we were going to…

After a little less than two days in Gyeongju it was time to move on in our journey to go to our next stop, Ulsan. We had to wake early around 6-6:15 to get packed and ready before we went down to have breakfast and check out of the hotel. Then it was time to…

Today we had a full day of cultural visits planned for us as we were going to tour around Gyeongju to visit many historical places. After a good night sleep, we woke up around 7:15 and got ready before we went down to get breakfast in the hotel and then meet up to go out…

It was sad to say goodbye and leave Seoul after such an amazing week full of some once in a lifetime experiences, but it was exciting to move on in our journey to visit more of South Korea. We got up around 7:30 to finish packing and to get ready to leave to go to…

Well it is our last day in Seoul and we have perhaps saved the best for last. Today we went to the DMZ and then we followed that up with a Han River Cruise. Around 9 o’clock we met after breakfast to get on the bus and take the hour-long trip from Seoul to the…

On Thursday, we only had one visit planned for the day. We woke up and had breakfast as usual before we had to meet to leave around 9 to take the bus to NAVER. The bus ride to NAVER was not long as it only took about 30-35 minutes to get there. NAVER is the…

They had a very busy day planned for us as we started the day off very early leaving the hotel around 7:30. After a long bus ride through traffic and a little bit out of the city, we arrived at our first stop of the day, Samsung Biologics. When we got off the bus we…

After a very busy and amazing first day in Seoul, we had a university visit with Hanyang University planned for Day 2. We woke up pretty early and went down to breakfast for some food before we got on the bus for about a 40-minute ride to the University. As we go to the University…

It was our first full day in Seoul and they had a lot of visits and tours planned for us throughout the day. After waking up from a good night of sleep we got ready and had breakfast in the hotel before going out to begin our first day of cultural visits. The first place…

After almost 5 months, the long-awaited journey has finally come upon us and it begins at 3 am on Saturday morning. As we boarded the bus at 4 in the morning, it finally began to hit me that we were leaving to go to South Korea, but we had a long trip ahead of us….