DAY 2

안녕하세요! This entry may be a bit short because I am EXHAUSTED! Today was great. First we had a lecture on Korea's History from a professor at Yonsei who was so knowledgeable and interesting (if Forsyth had teachers like him maybe I would enjoy history!)


Today we got to go around Seoul and visit a lot of the more "tourist attraction" places. First we went to Chandeokgung Palace. The palace was beautiful and really cool to see but it POURED rain the whole time so my pictures aren't great.


I love this picture because it shows how wet everyone was. Even though it poured, we all had a great time walking around the palace.


This fun looking food is a type of rice ball. On the inside it was filled with kind of a sweet syrupy liquid and sesame seeds.


This is a desert that my friends and I ordered in a traditional coffee house while trying to stay out of the rain. This is by far my favorite thing that I have eaten so far in Korea. It is shaved ice topped with sweet pumpkin, red bean, nuts, and mochi balls. DELICIOUS!


We also went to the War Memorial of Korea. It was a very interesting museum with one floor dedicated to Korea's history and two floors dedicated to the Korean War. This exhibit was a statue with a dogtag for every soldier lost in the Korean War. The dogtags were then shaped into a tear drop.


This was our dinner, and even though it doesn't look very appetizing it was delicious. One of the Yonsei University students called it "Korean Chicken Soup"!