Day 11 was our final full day in Korea. We were back in Seoul for our last day, where it all began. Our first activity was a visit to TOPIS, Seoul’s Transportation Operation and Information Center. We were back at Seoul City Hall, which we had visited on the third day. It felt like a…
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Day 10: Return to Seoul
Thursday morning, we officially left Pohang for the last time. Our visit was short, but I really enjoyed it. Although Pohang is not very touristy and doesn’t have as much to do as Seoul, in a certain way I think that really made me enjoy it. It somehow has a much more authentic, “small town”…
Day 9: Pohang, just like Pittsburgh
Day 9 in Korea was our second full day in Pohang, and would also be our last. The day started with us heading back to POSTECH. Even though we had already spent an entire day at the university, I was glad to visit again because it was probably my favorite thing we’d done so far…
Day 8: P(itt)OSTECH
Day 8 was our first full day in a new location in Korea: Pohang. It’s a city of about 500,000 people, located in the southeast of the country on the ocean. It’s a very different vibe from Seoul, which is a huge city of over 9 million. Although Pohang isn’t a very touristy, we’re here…
Days 6-7: High Speed Rail to the Southeast
I’ll combine these two days, since they’re interconnected and very unique. For the first time on the Plus3 Korea trip, we are visiting locations other than Seoul. I feel very lucky to be part of the first group to experience this opportunity! On the morning of day 6, we departed Seoul for Gyeongju, the old…
Day 5: Solidarity and Excitement
Our fifth day in Korea was one of the most unique and interesting so far, and it was our last full day in Seoul for now. It consisted of two main activities: visiting the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and a baseball game. We left for the DMZ in the morning, which was about an hour…
Day 4: Suwon, Samsung, and Shopping
Our fourth day in Korea started a little bit differently. Instead of taking the subway as we had in previous days, we took a private coach to Suwon, a city about an hour outside Seoul. This was a change of pace and convenient for what was a longer trip than what we had done previously….
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…
Day 2: Scavenging around Seoul
Our second day in Korea started unexpectedly. The itinerary very vaguely suggested that we would be “sightseeing.” Looking back, this was a bit strange for an itinerary that is otherwise quite specific. When we arrived in the lobby at 10:30, we were informed that Dr. Yun had already traveled to an unknown location and that…
Day 1: Early Start in Korea
Our first day in Korea started early, but not too bright. After a 15 hour long flight, the plane landed at Incheon International Airport at 4 AM, and my first surprise was how cheap things were in the airport convenience store. I’ve never seen an airport where you could get a bottle of water for…
Day 0: Here Comes Korea!
I’m sitting in the Pittsburgh airport right now writing this, waiting to board our plane to Atlanta. This trip is certainly going to be a long haul! We have a 7 hour layover in Atlanta, and then the flight to Korea is 15 hours long. I’ve been to Europe and those flights are “only” 7…
Excited for our Korean Adventure
Hi! My name is Victor Ezaru and I’m a first-year student at Pitt in the School of Computing and Information (SCI), planning to study computer science. I am a native to the Pittsburgh area, born and raised in the suburb of Monroeville, where I’ve lived my whole life. Ever since I was young, I was…