The massive metropolis of Seoul boasts numerous memorable actions, however I’ll speak concerning the ones I’ve skilled and would advocate to anybody visiting! Nonetheless, earlier than I start, I wish to introduce SNU Buddy. SNU Buddy is a program that matches 2-3 change college students to Korean college students within the Buddy Program. The group has round 300 members, cut up into 10 teams of round 30 college students, and these 10 teams are composed of direct buddy teams of 3-4 folks. The purpose of SNU Buddy is to assist change college students meet Korean buddies and expertise enjoyable issues in Korea, which I’ll begin speaking about within the subsequent paragraph. If you will be a part of the SNU Change program, I’d extremely advocate becoming a member of SNU Buddy!
One factor you have to do when visiting Korea is to take a stroll on the Han River, right here one can find many individuals having picnics and having fun with one another’s firm! The view is totally price it and alongside many various locations of the Han River, there are totally different spectacular views. Starting from the Ban-po Rainbow Water Present to Yeouido Hanggang Park, it is possible for you to to see many numerous scenes of the identical huge river!
One other vacation spot in Seoul I actually loved was Gyeongbokgung. This space of Seoul is well-known for its cultural heritage and preservation. Dressing up in hanboks could be very in style and inspired by the Koreans. Entry to Gyeongbokgung Palace is free in case you are sporting hanbok! After all, because the title implies, a lot of the experiences I can be speaking about on this weblog can be fairly taxing in your legs when you aren’t used to strolling 15,000 – 20,000 steps a day, Gyeongbokgung is not any exception to this tax, opposite to the truth that Korea normally has no hidden taxes! (Tax is all the time included in costs of products bought). Listed below are some images I took there, for extra structure, be sure to go test it out!
An especially memorable expertise I had whereas in SNU buddy was being a part of the SNU Buddy Meals Pageant. As somebody who loves cooking and in addition had expertise in working within the culinary trade, this buddy occasion was the proper alternative for me to train the issues I actually loved. The SNU Buddy Meals Pageant concerned working with a crew to create, take a look at, and serve 100 servings of meals from a particular place you wished to characterize. I shortly fashioned a gaggle with my home mates and a few mates and determined that we wished to serve Hawaiian delicacies because it wasn’t too tough and had a variety of potential for fulfillment. The dishes we offered additionally had a vegan possibility for many who had been vegan, vegetarian, lactose illiberal, or had every other dietary restrictions. We additionally had a buddy, Alyssa, who attends College of Hawaii at Manoa to truth examine us and make it possible for we had been serving genuine meals! However what did we serve??
Our prize dish was Loco Moco, an area dish to Hawaii and in addition fairly simple to make! Loco Moco is comprised of a rice base, with a beef patty laid on high, lined in gravy, and topped off with an egg dressed with numerous aromatics and (Add phrase about onions). Our secondary dish was Spam Musubi, as serving this could be significantly simple and low value. To high all of it off, we served a Hawaiian Blue Lemonade with every dish. The outcomes deemed us fairly profitable as our crew bought 100 servings out the quickest and even had a couple of further servings to spare! Working with this crew was finally productive as our teamwork grew, and I used to be in a position to meet so many individuals by this expertise.
One very last thing that I’d positively advocate doing in Seoul is testing the most important amusement parks supplied in Seoul, additionally owned by one of many largest firms in Korea. It’s frequent to put on a highschool uniform and benefit from the rides at Lotte World. One suggestion I’d have when going right here is to both have a big group of mates you may play video games with whereas ready in line for rides, or to get the quick move! I got here to Lotte World with Group 7 (The group I’m in with SNU buddy). I name us the “Chill” group as everybody within the group is extraordinarily enjoyable to be round and “Chill” seems like 칠, which interprets to 7 in Korean. One in all my favourite recollections right here was taking part in finger video games with my group whereas ready in line for my favourite journey, Atlantis.
Strolling round Seoul is extraordinarily enjoyable as there are issues to do all over the place you go, nevertheless as town is among the largest cities in Asia, you’ll most positively want snug footwear to your sole.
Bonus! Korean phrases of the week: (Parenthesis is how I spell out the pronunciation and is subjective.)
혹시 (Hok ssi) = Maybe
있어요 ( ee noticed yo) = There’s
있어요 behind any noun would imply there’s noun. For instance, 물(water)있어요 would imply, there’s water. For those who finish 있어요 with a “?” it might flip the assertion right into a query. i.g. “Is there water?”
혹시 can flip a request for a service into providing a service, but additionally can be utilized to ask questions … in a timid approach? Saying, ” 사진원해요” would imply, “I need a image” as I included in my weblog beforehand about touring throughout Korea, however when you had been so as to add 혹시 proper earlier than it, and say “혹시사진원해요?” It turns “I need a image” into “Would you like an image?”
Right here is when issues get fascinating. For those who had been so as to add 혹시 earlier than a 있어요 sentence, as an alternative of claiming there’s Noun, you’ll be asking whether or not there’s Noun. So, when you had been to say 혹물있어요? to me, you’ll be asking me if I had water!
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