Thank you for bearing with me with my delayed posts. Let’s talk about our last full day in Korea (Thursday, May 14). TOPIS Our first stop was to head back to City Hall to learn about Seoul TOPIS, or Seoul Transport Operation & Information Service. After experiencing the efficient public transportation in Seoul, we finally…

I sincerely apologize for the delay in writing this post (and the next posts for the last few days of the trip). By this point, my exhaustion was catching up with me, and I was also trying to make sure my group’s presentation got done on time, as well as trying to make the most…

I apologize for being a little late on this post. I’ve been quite exhausted. Anyway, let’s talk about today. It was quite exciting. POSTECH Part 2 Our first stop today was POSTECH (again). Today we went on more of a tour of campus with a student tour guide. Our guide was super nice, and he…

Before anyone (specifically my parents) say anything about the title, no, I’m not transferring from Pitt to a university in South Korea. I am keeping an open mind to the possibility of doing a semester abroad though, because the university we visited today seemed very nice. POSTECH Today we visited POSTECH, or Pohang Univeristy of…

Alright, let’s finish talking about our stay at Golgusa Temple (Sunday, May 10). Temple Day 2 We were told it was optional to wake up at 5am to do some meditation with the monks. We were also told there would be a loud bell at 5am to wake us up. I don’t know if I…

I apologize for not writing this in a timely manner. We didn’t have WiFi at the temple, and I think the adrenaline has been wearing off the past two days. But don’t worry, I’m going to catch up on the last few days. This post is about Saturday, May 9th, when we left Seoul to…

Yesterday (May 8) was a very long day, and by the end, I desperately needed sleep. It is a good thing I didn’t try to write this last night. The DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) Our first trip of the day was going to the DMZ, which is the area around the border between North and South…

I know I said in my post for Day 3 that I’d try to get this done early in the evening yesterday (May 7). Obviously, that did not happen. However, once you read about what I was doing instead of writing this, you will hopefully see that it was worth it. Archery and a Fortress…

We had another very eventful day today. Thankfully, nobody got lost. Searching for Dr. Yun We had to meet in the lobby at 10:30am today. I noticed that Dr. Yun was not there, which confused me. When all the students finally got there (after several people went back to their rooms to get sunglasses), we…

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…