We had to be to school a half an hour earlier than normal to load the buses and such for our field trip. I wasn't exactly sure where we were supposed to meet, but luckily I ran into another classmate and she walked with me to where we were meeting. We loaded the buses, sitting with our class and we were off. I slept once we got outside of Seoul and we drove for about 2 hours before stopping at a rest area. Then we had about another 40 minute ride until we arrived at the restaurant for lunch. It was a mushroom stew-I'm not a huge fan of mushrooms and there were maybe 3 or 4 different kinds of mushrooms in it. It was okay, but I mostly ate the side dishes. After lunch we loaded back up and then had a short ride to the hiking location.
We walked with our class, but the only problem I had was that everyone was very slow. I was walking half of my normal speed and they were still far behind me. Some of the students really struggled with the climb (however, it was not a very intense climb) and when I was coming back down, I ran into two of them who had stopped and not gone up to the ending location. Anyway, most of the class met up at the ending spot, where there is a big boulder on top of another rock and you can try to push it--it rocks a little (no pun intended), but I don't think it can actually be knocked off. Then we hiked down and when we got to the parking lot we had to wait about 25 minutes for our bus. It was so cold! The sun was setting and we were up in the mountains!
After we got on the bus, we had a short drive to dinner, which was bulgogi stew. It was alright. Then off to our hotel. We were placed in rooms with our classmates. The hotel was more like a suite/apartment. It had a small kitchen and 2 bedrooms-one room had a bed and one room just had blankets to put on the floor (Korean style; Koreans traditionally slept right on the floor-no beds). We had an hour to relax and settle in, and then we met with the whole group for games. After the games, we were given snacks and then reminded of the rules and sent off to our rooms. Around 10:30 they did a room check and I hung out with my classmates in the other girls room before ducking out to go to bed.
Just a sampling of the many pictures I took on our fieldtrip!!
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| Campus |
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| Campus |
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| Seorak National Park |
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| Beautiful mountains |
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| Classmates in front of the giant Buddha statue |
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| Most of my classmates at the finish |
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| Climbed up to join my bear friend |
1. Wow. Luck is with you sometimes--e.g., running into another student who could tell you where you needed to be. 2. WOW. It sounds like you're in great physical condition, in contrast to some other tourists. Mike thought that you were going to report that you successfully pushed the big boulder down. It was very clever of you to say: "The boulder rocks--no pun intended." We & others might not have thought of that possible pun. Ruth & Mike.
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