Today was... well, quite frankly, crazy! Our study abroad group met at 9 am for Round 2 of our Seoul Tour. I'm not sure I can even remember all the things we did today! But it started with a trip to a traditional Korean housing area. It was really cool to see what that looked like, but kinda awkward since it wasn't just a tourist attraction, there were actual people living in the homes. Some of the...
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Friday, August 29, 2014
Days 4 & 5: Funeral & Subway Challenge
The past two days have been really great! Yesterday I met my Mission Mentor for the first time! A Mission Mentor is someone who volunteers with the Christian study abroad program I am a part of. We (me, the Mission Mentor, and the other girl who is part of the Christian program named Kate) are going to meet once a week to have a Bible study and just talk about life. Bora is also going to help Kate...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Day 3: Seoul Tour
Yet another wonderful day in South Korea! The day started out with some boring orientation stuff, of which I will spare you the details. Things started getting interesting when we got our schedules and took a city tour of Seoul!
Our schedules are rather confusing. Printed off, they're nearly impossible to read! The only thing you can really tell is when they are and the class number. So I had to...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Day 1 & 2
Well, I have officially completed two days of my study abroad! And they've definitely been eventful. Very eventful indeed.
First, it began with almost 24 hours of travel time between leaving my hotel in Portland and arriving at my dorm in Seoul, South Korea. I was supposed to fly over with my friend Hanna, but there was a mixup and we weren't on the same flight, which provided some interesting experiences...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
This is a Test
Well, I created a new blog to chronicle my adventures in Seoul! I'm still working on getting it set up though, so this is just a test post to see how things lo...