Going to South Korea (pt.1)

kaycee 12:41 AM Place Reviews Walang komento

Annyeong just got back from South Korea! It was actually my first time traveling out of the country and it has been nothing but amazing! Our educational trip lasted from April 4-8, 2017. And since we stayed there for 5 days, this will be divided into 2 posts. The first post containing the 1st and 2nd day, and the other post containing the lasts.

Plane Trip

You can greatly feel the cold breeze as soon as you step out of the plane. You'd surely understand the word layers and keep in mind that you should've listened when they said that leggings weren't enough. It was freezing cold, or is it just because I was used to the hot humid weather in the Philippines?

Their airport was world-class, well what can you expect from the number 1 airport.

Day 1

Day 1 was allotted for the City Tour. Korea's scenery wasn't far different from the Philippines. From anything I've noticed street shops looked like Divisoria. But a noticeable difference from the two would be that Korea was a clean and disciplined place. There was no dump, they had smoking areas and traffic was only observed at 6pm onwards. Korea has lots of palaces and their culture was well preserved, in fact, a lot of women were still wearing hanboks. There were also performers showing off their sword skills, and how they battled it out in the past.

Day 2

The second day was for the educational tour. We went to Seoul University to listen to a lecture about 5g, we also went to Samsung delight and Samsung innovation. This day was beyond expectations. Starting from the giveaway of Seoul University. We each received a green wrapped box and weren't really allowed to open until the end of the lecture. We were betting what it contains, we each had our bet of a small replica of the Seoul University and a calendar with a pen holder. But, lo and behold, it was a Bluetooth speaker! Who gives away Bluetooth speakers? Only they! Samsung delight was also fun giving us a glimpse of what Samsung technologies can do and venturing the world of virtual realities. Samsung innovation was surreal, it felt like I was Katniss and was traveling to Panem for the first time. Everything was futuristic! We got to physically see the evolution of technology, they had originals and real-life replicas of phones, TVs, vacuum tubes, diodes, and more!

Food

I thought Asian countries' staple food was rice, the boy was I wrong. If you're a rice lover you'd go hungry in South Korea. Most of them eat noodles and soup. And the rice was only a side dish. They also serve kimchi and radish with every meal, and they always put their utensils beside or in a table cabinet. I didn't enjoy some of their foods as it was too spicy or I didn't really like eating noodles for lunch, but it was good to try every delicacy.