2014年05月07日から2014年05月11日まで
It's so great to have some people I can talk to! I speak English, Portuguese, German, a little Spanish, and a little Japanese; but in Korea, people only speak Korean. Let that be a warning to those who see English as a global language. If I were staying in Korea any longer, I would have made more of an effort to learn the language. As it is, my primary focus is Japanese. I just knew how to say "hello," "thank you," and "goodbye," which proved to be enough to navigate Seoul and get some food every once in a while. However, I now had 4 wonderful interpreters/tour guides to take me sight-seeing and, more importantly, explain everything to me.
Over 4 days and 5 nights, I got to see the university where Mina's father works and Mina's brother studies, try many foods, visit the site of the 1993 World Expo, ride a mag-lev train, see many museums and galleries, kayak, and climb a mountain. I've posted all the pictures from my trip in one place with varying levels of captions: https://plus.google.com/photos/112802092097010289376/albums/6012741787245851409?authkey=CPKmgNLLo6iqxAE
Vini, please thank Mina and her family for us.
ReplyDeleteThey were very kind of having you at their home.
We wish we can retribute that gesture one day.