South Korea: The little big things

Yonsei University:

- The immediate circle outside the campus looks like a Wisconsin city, Milwaukee perhaps. Quaint, convenient, and cute but still rollin'.

-Then there is Sinchon, which is about a 15 minute walk. Basically, it's a city on parade. The multi-colored lights line the double, triple, quadruple-deckered buildings. There is every style of cuisine, coffee-shop, bar, and karaoke place you could ever want. The street food is also quite good. My favorite is the cinnamon, sugar pancakes! whoo. whoo.

- Korea also does this thing where instead of renting movies or playing board games at home, you can rent out various rooms and have fun there. It's a sort of "going-out to stay-in business." It's quite cool, really. Props to Seoul. Thanks for letting us get a taste of the "Korean Wave!"

-We use a fingerprint identification system to get into our dorms. The guys and girls are split up. It's the first time this has happened on our trip.

- Kimchi is interesting. Thankfully "The Kitchen" is nearby."

- I like the bowing.

Our trip to the DMZ: I don't even know what to say.

Op Dora. The 3rd tunnel. Camp. Bonifas. JSA. Unification village. Freedom village. Panmunjeom. The Bridge of No Return. A cocky cowboy dressed as an American soldier. One of our professors asking us if we saw the monsters. It is real. War is real.

Cleaning up the Oil Spill: I'm in shock how one man's mistake can affect so many people.

-The rural fishin' village will never run again. So many jobs are lost.

-Help came from miles away. Some like us, one-timers. Some like them, there every day.
-I wiped off rocks. One by one till my cloth was soiled.

-The sea and land will take 10 years to recover.