Mid Evaluation

Today was our mid. evaluation... >.< It's so sad thinking about how some of us are leaving soo soon :'( I don't want to leave this host family for another.... I love my host family!!
(<---- actor from JUMP)

Update! and Lotte World

Wow I havent updated this in a while... 미안하다... (sorry)

hmm.. so my host family is great! My host brother and I went to "Coex", a popular mall in Korea, and we went to their aquarium. It was soooo nice. Way nicer than American aquariums.

Also I went to a traditional camp in 부여 (Buyeo)

We learned traditional drumming, singing, crafts, and dancing! ( i am a bad dancer)

I saw a solar eclipse that was last seen 500 years ago!

<---This is how the sun looked with film over the lense.

Recently I went to Lotte World, an amusement park in Seoul. It is like a knock-off of Disney, but pretty fun. My friend, Molly and I hung out the most their and we rode maybe 3 rides. We figured since we will both stay for a semester and go to the same school, we could come back. This trip was free anyways! On the Desperado ride, Molly's horse was broken and she was so upset haha so I let her borrow my gun.

Im in Seoul!!

Hey guys! I made it to Seoul :)

I dont have time to write a lot so Im going to bullet point some things...



Plane ride:

• long, but not too bad


• lots of movies and a touch screen panel


• koreans at the airport and on the plane approached me and my friends to speak english


• plane food... >.<

Seoul:

• crazy traffic & drivers


• LOTS of stares


• friendly people and lots of spicy foods


• food makes my stomach ache ><>
  
• so bright and colorful


• many cute pictures and, ok, EVERYTHING is cute!
• many smokers
• many staring people

Last Full Day At Home

wow~
So this will be my last night in my own bed...
Also my last dinner with my family... We are eating salmon and stir fry. (I didn't want Asian food, but my dad is obsessed!) Also I had some visitors come over and say their goodbyes to me. One actually cried. I'm holding up well, though! Man are my bags heavy and packed full ><# I'm gonna be hurtin' after schleppin' those bags everywhere...
Tomorrow we all meet in DC around 4 and stay in the hotel together. The next day we have seminars and meet the Farsi-learning students. That should be interesting. I wonder if everyone really looks how they do on facebook?? lol
I still feel like I overpacked, but my mom denies it.