Already September

Yesterday, Saturday, My friend Nick and I went to Seoul. We went to Seoul Tower which is a place in the city where you can pretty much see the entire city of Seoul. It is a beautiful city. It was my first time being in charge of finding my way around Seoul, and luckily it wasn't difficult at all. We made it safely to Seoul and went to the subway to find our way to the bus stop. When we got to our bus stop, we met a mom and daughter that are from Korea but live in Boston right now. The mom had brought her daughter back to visit. It was interesting to talk to her about her life for a few minutes. We got on the bus and we made our way up the hill to the tower. The bus took us almost to the top, but we had to walk up a pretty steep incline to get to the destination. I can always tell when I get to a tourist area because there are way more foreigners than usual in one place. We bought our tickets for the observatory, and made our way up. When we got to the elevator, it felt like we were about to get on a ride at an amusement park, which was ironic seeing that Naz nite at Six Flags was occurring at the exact same time. We got on the elevator and on the ceiling there was a screen that showed us going into space or something. It was interesting. Well we finally made it to the top and these are the beautiful pictures that I took from there:


                                                                                     

After we went to Seoul Tower, we went to the biggest market in South Korea called Namdaemun Market. There were so many people there so it was a lot of pushing and shoving to get through the place, but it was amazing. There were sooo many things to look at. I know where I am going to be doing my christmas shopping. I will definitely be going back soon. They had everything from clothes, to jewerly, korean souvenirs and so many other things and they were all really cheap. I got a dress and a wallet. I finished the day off by coming back to KNU and just resting. Next weekend will be a 4 day weekend! It is Chuseok, which is the Korean Thanksgiving... well sort of... nothing like the Thanksgiving that I am used to, but it means time off and rest. :)

Namdaemum Market