Day 10: Today we sadly left Pohang, but we were heading back to Seoul. Before getting back to Seoul though, we had a really exciting stop planned, Hyundai Motor Company. We started by visiting the museum and learning more about Hyundai’s history. After that, we got to actually tour the factory itself and see how…
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Touring TOPIS and Cooking with Too Many Toppings
On our final planned-out day in South Korea, we’ve returned to Seoul to learn about Seoul’s widest-reaching smart system: its transport systems. The Seoul Transport Operation & Information Service (TOPIS) is a collection of countless cameras, sensors, and servers, all communicating in tandem to keep Seoul’s streets safe, swift, and efficient. From the TOPIS offices…
A Hankering for a Hyundai
Checking out of our hotel in Pohang, we begin to file onto the bus to Ulsan where we will see Hyundai museum and their base of operations in South Korea. Today was another long day of travel, but after the temple stay, we’ve luckily gotten much more used to it. After arriving in Ulsan, we…
The Other City of Steel
Day 9: Today we started our day by meeting up with some of POSTECH’s student ambassadors, who led us on small group tours around the entire campus. One thing I really liked was their GROW building and how they encourage students to start their own startups and ideas. They even had spaces designed for students…
:( Last Day in Korea
This whole trip has been so memorable, and I have enjoyed every single moment of it so far. But, today is the last one, which means my last blog of the trip. Are you going to miss me? Our final day started off again with another trip to the Seoul City Hall. But, this time…
POSTECH, POSCO, and Pohang Nights
Today we returned to POSTECH, given a guided tour by students. My group, led by Hyoeun, consisted of Emily, Ben, Madeleine, Chris, Noah, and myself. The first place we visited in the university was the library, which extended into a small exhibit which showcased the history of POSTECH. We found it interesting walking around and…
Under Seoul City Hall
On the last day of the trip, we went on a tour of the Topis which is both a government operated system and a private company in Seoul that monitored all of the traffic in South Korea. We saw this headquarters that was in the basement of City Hall, and it was amazing. they have…
Moving Back to Seoul
Today we are heading back to Seoul the place where this whole trip started. Earlier today we went on a visit of the Hyundai Museum which was really interesting. We were able to see the first car that Hyundai exported that was actually the Ford brand as well as their first signature car that Hyundai…
A Preview of Postech
This morning was a little rough as it was a bit of an earlier wakeup call and I was sleeping like a rock. I went downstairs without breakfast and immediately got on the bus to go visit a school that we are partnered with here in Korea Postech. We arrived on campus which was actually…
Welcome to Pohang
This morning we were supposed to wake up at five. We were told that there would be an alarm to wake us so we thought we wouldn’t need to set one, but we were mistaken. My group and I woke up at like 7 missed breakfast and then immediately went on a walk to see…
Becoming Buddhist
Today was so interesting. We started the day by departing from Seoul to go to our one-night Temple stay at a Buddhist Temple. It was a great train ride that I spent most of the time sleeping on and beautiful bus ride through the Mountains until we arrived at the Temple. We then went on…
Steel Mill!!!!
Today, we headed back over to Postech to do a tour of their campus. They have a bunch of students who work with a lot of foreign exchange students and help them out, so we split up into a couple of different groups with different students and got to walk all around campus. My group’s…
Postech
Today was Monday, so officially we have had a full week of our trip! Today we went to visit the campus of one of the universities in Korea, POSTECH. Postech recently partnered with Pitt, so we were kind of acting as ambassadors at Pitt. We listened to a presentation all about Postech, met a grad…
Day 9 in Pohang
Today we went to postech university and got a campus tour. I really liked our tour guide and it was fun talking with her. She showed us all of their food places and a few different important buildings around campus. We went to get drinks at a coffee shop and I got a grapefruit and kumquat…
Golgusa Day 2 & Tombs
Today was an early day to wake up! yay. Our wake-up time was 5 am, which might’ve been the earliest time that I’ve ever woken up. We first had morning chanting with the monks, which involved standing up and kneeling down while the monks were saying something in Korean. I found it very interesting that…
Day 8 in Pohang
Today I woke up and got dressed. I went down to breakfast and got eggs and toast. After that I went back up to my room to do my makeup and pack my bag for the day. When we got to postech we were given a presentation that was an overview of Postech. I learned…
Golgusa Temple
Today we had a little more traveling, and this time we are headed out of Seoul and into a new city! We started the day off by getting to the train station, and got on the train to Busan. We weren’t going to Busan, but getting off at an earlier stop at Gyeongju. One thing…
DMZ day!
Hi again, everybody! Today, we are headed over to the DMZ (demilitarized zone), the border between North and South Korea. In order to get into this area, you need to have a tour scheduled, and you go through lots of security to get in. The tour bus has to stop at military checkpoints, and a…