Our first day in Seoul was a huge success! Not only did we get settled in our new residence, but we did a lot of exploring, shopping, sight-seeing and tea tasting. This group is relentless….and I like it!
Saturday was another free day so we were scattered across Seoul doing a multitude of different activities although it seems like we all ended up at Insadong at some point in the day.… Read the rest
Happy Friday to us! After months of waiting, we finally got to make our journey into Seoul and explore the beautiful campus of Yonsei University. Before arriving, people had warned us that Yonsei would be full of hills and extremely hot, but we truly did not understand the magnitude of this warning until Friday afternoon.… Read the rest
After arriving at the airport, we took a shuttle bus to the Incheon Airport Hotel where we could get some rest before trekking into Seoul on Friday morning. Although we were tired, and somewhat frustrated (me) due to cell phone failure while trying to contact our hotel (more of a user error than a technology issue – I blame the exhaustion), we wanted to go out for our first meal in Korea.… Read the rest
Good Morning GSLIS….or “achim insa” as they say here in Korea! I apologize for not sending a speedy update about our journey so far, but due to the hilly terrain and relentless heat, our wi-fi connection is unreliable at best. I’ll recount our journey starting with our departure from Boston-Logan International Airport, a logical place to start I think, but would first like to point out that this trip really began months ago.… Read the rest
Apologies for going so long without updating, I know you’ve all been waiting with bated breath.?
It’s been a very busy week here and suddenly it’s Friday morning and we leave tomorrow! I know it’s cliche but it is nonetheless true: I don’t know how it went by so fast!?… Read the rest
Hey all! We ended the Records Management?class with cake on Friday in celebration of Chris’ last class and subsequent graduation. It was really good cake too (fresh cream and fruit or green tea sweet potato). A women from the International Vaccine Institution named Heejung Kim came to lecture on Korean records management and archives.… Read the rest
