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23 February 2009

Finally pictures!

Here are pictures from my first moments in Korea. You can click them and they get bigger :P



When I arrived at Incheon International Airport it was wonderful to see the sun shining :) In Finland during the winter it's always cloudy and gray. You can't hardly ever see the sun shining bright.



A guy from our university's "HI-club" (the HI stands for help and information) came to pick me up from the airport. We took a bus to Seoul. I was so excited for the new environment so I even took a picture of the TV on the bus. >__<
After dropping my stuff at the dorm we went to grab lunch on this street close to my university. It's really lively with lots of young people and restaurants and other amusements.



This was my first meal in Korea :P It wasn't traditional Korean, more like Asia-fusion.



We also went to see my new university. This is the I guess main building that was built for the university's 600th anniversary. The Sungkyunkwan University was founded in 1398 and is the oldest university in Korea. Alltogether there are like 20 buildings on the campus.



Here is the view from the hill my university is on. If you zoom to the horizon you see that it's not land there, they're high rise buildings. I felt like a real small town girl because it was the first time I saw that kind of view in real life!

I took pictures around the neighborhood where my dorm is. It's a bit older part of the city but I love it! It's so different from Finland. In Finland everything very regulated: parking, open hours of stores, noise you can make on the street... I don't know how it is with the permissions here, but this.. you just couldn't have in Finland! Right now I'm high on this whole cultural difference thing. Everything is so new, fantastic and exotic. Well, I'll just enjoy the feeling :)


Wires, wires, wires... I think they're lovely in their own disorderly way! (This would never be in Finland...)



On the street to my dorm.



Just outside of the gate to my university.



Want a quick snack? Crave for something hot and spicy? Wanna get it cheap? Try this or some other of the countless food booths in Seoul!

3 comments:

Jihae Jeong said...

I really miss Daehak-ro.ㅜㅜ My all precious memories are in there!

tanel said...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yennie said...

ohhh,,,that's my street!!! have fun! I'll tell you my favorite places:)