I finally made it to Korea!! There were so many delays and difficulties to get here (flights canceled, planes delayed, route changes. SO crazy. But, I finally made it last night and was met at the airport by Hye-mi and Destiny.
The view from last night's dorm room
I have to switch dorm rooms today–since there were only two of us here last night, we were in the same room. However, there are some Malaysian and Taiwanese students arriving tonight, as well as more tomorrow. So, I need to be shipped out to another room (we all have room assignments already–I am over in a different building with a Japanese girl and another Korea girl, plus I’m not sure who else!)
I don’t know exactly what we’re doing today. David (the program coordinator) is supposed to be picking up the Malaysian girls from the airport this morning and bringing them back here. Destiny and I went out for a walk to find breakfast–and realized that going out at 7am on a Saturday probably won’t lead to much food. We found a convenience store though, and bought some food and drink (I had coffee, mochi (쌀 떡) and dried squid (오징어), plus a Coke Zero).
I hope we can go watch the Korean Soccer (football!!) later. Korea is playing a game today–but I’m not sure what time. We might go to Seoul Plaza to watch, I don’t know. We’re just waiting to find out what’s happening now.
Welcome to Korea! Hope you enjoy your stay :-)
Depending on the area, you can never rule out finding a café/restaurant (‘식당’) open – even at 7am.
The Korean match against Uruguay is on at 4pm South African time – which I believe is 11pm here. You’ll probably be told this about twenty times today ;-)
Have fun!
Bon voyage… and have fun! Don’t miss out the po jang macha
Yeah, we managed to find a couple of 식당 that are open, especially since we are in the student district. I can’t believe that Korea lost last night–the USA too… all that’s left is England. Come on Lads!!