South Korea: 7/16 and 7/18

Tuesday was another day of classes which are quickly winding down-only 6 more to go. That evening we were invited to the home of one of the girls who will be coming to ONU in the fall. We arrived at her apartment home after a half hour ride from the city on a very crowded subway and bus to find that her mom had cooked us a very large Korean meal set up in the traditional style. The food was amazing and we had a great time sampling home made Korean dishes and spending time in a Korean home. We had bulgogi-beef, chicken, vegetables wrapped in thinly sliced potatoes maybe?, rice with many different spices and vegetables added, sweet potato noodles, and cooked vegetables. Once we helped clean the table off after we were done eating, her mom brought us fruit and some sort of pastry with pecans that was delicious. During this time we decided to share a little American tradition with our Korean friends and taught them how to make s'mores over a candle. Koreans do not have graham crackers or our type of marshmallows so a few of us had brought along the proper ingredients. Our friends found s'mores to be amazing and the process just as cool. We stuffed ourselves full of marshmallows and chocolate before heading back towards Hanyang. This morning we went on another field trip. This time we traveled to a traditional Korean folk village where we spent a few hours exploring and eating traditional foods. We went from there to the Samsung D'light gallery which is an exposition center for Samsung to show off their most recent inventions and allow the public to play with their products before having to purchase them. We had a very limited time at Samsung as we had to return to the university but a few of us are planning to return in a few days to fully enjoy the new technology here in Korea.