I’ve never had the opportunity to travel far, and with the Plus3 program, I was able to travel across the world. I had the opportunity to become closer to my fellow students, learn about a completely different culture, and gain an inside view into the manufacturing and marketing processes of various companies. Along with the…

I’m devastated to say that today was the last official day of cultural or company visits. We planned for two company visits today, an Oil Tank Culture Park and Seoul Waterworks HQ. It was a very hot and humid day, which was very unfortunate especially because the Oil Tank was outside. Unluckily, the actual Oil…

Today’s activities were the DMZ and a baseball game. Both of these were so much different than I was expecting. We went to the DMZ and I learned a lot about life there. I never knew there were tunnels that the North Koreans built to try to invade South Korea. They were very chill about…

Monday morning started a little earlier than the past few days, but it wasn’t too bad. We were still able to get breakfast before getting on our private bus. The bus took us to Camp Casey, where Grace and Will showed us around the base. We went to the motor pool where they keep some…

I had the opportunity to go on a hike during free time Sunday morning. I actually got up at 6am and did it. Only 9 students went, and we met up with the alums (Grace, Will, and their friend) to take us up the mountain. Before meeting them, we had an hour bus ride, and…

Saturday was a short day for activities. We went to Bukchon Hanok Village and saw the traditional Korean homes. It was very pretty and once we walked up, we could see Seoul tower. We also were able to go to a buddhist temple in the city area, and it was gorgeous with all the decorations. Afterwards,…

We were lucky to have another late start and be able to sleep in. Today’s activity was at Yonsei University. We spent the whole day there touring the school. We arrived a little later than planned, so we started with lunch at their cafe. I had a spicy chicken noodle bowl. It was very crowded…

A late start today, which really helped me feel rejuvenated for the day. Our first activity was taekwondo, but we had to take a public bus to the place. That was an adventure in and of itself. 27 of us squished into a public bus was not the most pleasant experience. We were able to…

Unfortunately today was a very early start at 6:50. At first I wasn’t sure how I was going to get through the day because of how exhausted I felt, but once we got to our destination I felt so much better. On the bus we were given breakfast and it was amazing. The sauce on…

Today was day three and once again we had breakfast at the hotel. We had two different company visits today so we had to fuel up and get ready to stay engaged. The first stop was HY/Fredit company which was almost an hour bus ride away. We learned all about the process to produce the…

Today was another long but entertaining day. After waking up at 7am, which was a little easier than expected, I had breakfast at the hotel. It was delicious and had so many options that it was hard to choose. Eventually we got on a bus to Hwaseong Fortress and walked around for a while there….

We finally got to Korea this morning (4 am local time). Today has been the longest day of my life. Our trip started off with our first meeting at Benedum around 12pm, but we didn’t leave for the airport until 3:30. The first flight got delayed 40 minutes and we were worried about our layover,…