Friday, July 31, 2015

A Day in the Life of a Foreigner in South Korea - Blog Assignment #7

Yesterday was the last day of UIP, so the staff invited us to a celebration last night.  The celebration lasted till 3 am but I stayed up until 5 am chatting with some friends that I knew would not be able to see in the near future.  I managed to see the sunrise over the horizon of Ulsan.  It was a beautiful sight, both happy and bittersweet because this was the end of seeing all the wonderful people I have met.  I went back to my room and slept for nearly 5 hours.  After 5 hours of deep sleep, I got up and got ready to move out.  I ate a little lunch and went to the post office to send off a box of clothes.   I said my last goodbyes to the staff and Mr. Jung dropped Eric and I off at the KTX Station.  Eric, from the previous blog post, and I are traveling together to Seoul because it turned out that we booked flights that had similar timing.  This was my first time taking the KTX so I did not really know how it worked.  Eric had taken it before so I trusted his knowledge.  Our day had not been very eventful until we accidentally got on the wrong train.  We ended up getting on a train that was 15 minutes earlier than the one we booked.  We got on the train and there were people in our seat.  We were so confused but the attendants helped us and told us that our train was the one after this one.  After getting off the next stop and waiting 15 minutes, our train arrived and we hopped on the correct one.  Eric was concerned the whole time but the more I get lost the more nonchalant I become; maybe it’s because I know South Korea is a safe country.  As I write this, I am traveling on the KTX to Seoul.  The rest of the itinerary for the day is just check in to the hostel and have dinner.  Hopefully, nothing else too eventful happens and if it does I hope it's a good event.


1 comment:

  1. I'm happy that you guys made it on the correct train! If this mistake had happened in the beginning of our journey, I am sure that you two would have been stressed! Our experiences in South Korea have definitely helped our ability to adapt to situations that can suddenly come up. I hope you guys have a lot of fun in Seoul! I miss you already~

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