Seoul

Cutest Rice cakes in the world, in Shinsegae Department Store

This is where I ate Bi-Bim-Bop today, also in Shinsegae

This is me and my Aunt's poodle Leon, he is ridiculous but I secretly really enjoy him.

So luckily I made it to Seoul in one piece after a 10 hour flight from San Francisco to Incheon Airport. I've been here for two days and I am so overwhelmingly excited and happy to be here it feels as if I am going to burst. Yesterday my Aunt showed me how to work public transportation, and how to get to Yonsei University, where I will be studying for 6 weeks. It's about an one hour commute, and it is a bit intimidating, but I think I will be able to manage. We also went to Shinsegae department store and walked around the Terminal which is a huge underground market full of really cheap clothes and knick knacks.  Today I went back to Shinsegae on my own and walked around for a long time, I bought some gifts for a few friends, which I think are pretty neat. I was pretty proud of myself for not getting lost or stressed out. Everything is overwhelming cluttered with cutesy bright things it makes my eyes want to explode. Tomorrow I get to go on a 3 day fieldtrip and meet some of my classmates. I'm really excited/super nervous about it because I've never really had asian friends before and I'm not really sure what to expect. I feel kind of like a little kid hoping to make friends and not to be the dorky odd-one-out. I guess we'll see.

Airports

So I missed my flight this morning from Eugene to San Francisco, so in a brash attempt to make it work I was sent on a plane to Portland Airport (where I am currently; reclining on four leather chairs and eating a crappy sandwich that cost $5.99) where I will soon be transferring to San Francisco air. Then I am told to run as fast as my little legs can carry me, out of security, to the International terminal, haggle my way into a ticket to Seoul, then run back through security, and into a plane to Korea all in under 30 minutes. If I do not complete these tasks, I will be stuck in San Francisco until SUNDAY. So let us hope that all my elementary 1st place cross-country track ribbons will arise out of almost 10 years of neglecting to exercise and help me to make this god-damned flight. I've been in this stupid airport for 2 hours now bumbling about, but yay for free internet!