Two weeks of adventure
Well, I did not write much the last days. It was rather busy. New projects were assigned, things to be visited, football matches to be watched, concerts to attend and festivals to be seen.
So two weekends ago we went to visit the palace in Seoul. It is a huge complex, with a park, a museeum, and of course the palace itself. The palace consits of several seperated houses for different seasons for the king to stay in. Then there is also the part of the queen, and she resides in, not to forget the palace for the kings mother. North to the palace is another palace, which used to be for the kings father... Lots of palaces and houses ...
The next day we went to the game Suwon VS Incheon at the World Cup stadium in Suwon. The stadium can hold about 48.000 people. The cheapest ticket is for 2000 Won and the most expensive was about 25.000 Won. We got a ticket for 12.000 in the Suwon fan sector(click me). The game itself was ok. The beer was cheep (4000 Won for a liter bottle). Curious things happend in the stadium:
The following week was the Sungkyunkwan festival for 4 Days (Thursday to Sunday) at the Seoul campus. The most interessting part is, that everyday from 19.00 till 23.00 there was a concert (for free) and even famous Kpop groups were participating (like Girls Day). We only attended the World Food Festival, which was an Friday. There were 5 nations preparing food:
On Saturday we went to the "I love Korea! Dream Concert 2013". It is a concert were several Kpop groups perform and promote a theme. This years theme was "I love Korea" ... therefore the name :-D
The performances were at the World Cup stadium in Seoul, which holds about 70.000 people. We got seats at the side of the stadium in the 18th row. About 48.000 people attended this concert, mostly teenage girls ... and us... The seats were about 50$ each for the side, which was ok. The VIP section, directly at the stage, would have costed about 200$. The funny thing was, everything was seated with reserved seats, even at the stage.
All in all nearly every group did 2 songs. The performances were ok. You may even find some of the concert on Youtube (the concert of last year is also online). I also did some videos: The worst part was leaving the concert with the subway... all the girls did not know how to behave and were trying to fit in one subway ... which did not work... but we arrived at the dorm in time.
So thats it :-D
So two weekends ago we went to visit the palace in Seoul. It is a huge complex, with a park, a museeum, and of course the palace itself. The palace consits of several seperated houses for different seasons for the king to stay in. Then there is also the part of the queen, and she resides in, not to forget the palace for the kings mother. North to the palace is another palace, which used to be for the kings father... Lots of palaces and houses ...
The next day we went to the game Suwon VS Incheon at the World Cup stadium in Suwon. The stadium can hold about 48.000 people. The cheapest ticket is for 2000 Won and the most expensive was about 25.000 Won. We got a ticket for 12.000 in the Suwon fan sector(click me). The game itself was ok. The beer was cheep (4000 Won for a liter bottle). Curious things happend in the stadium:
- You are able to buy fried chicken inside
- The fans do not swear
- The players do not swear
The following week was the Sungkyunkwan festival for 4 Days (Thursday to Sunday) at the Seoul campus. The most interessting part is, that everyday from 19.00 till 23.00 there was a concert (for free) and even famous Kpop groups were participating (like Girls Day). We only attended the World Food Festival, which was an Friday. There were 5 nations preparing food:
- Germany --> Curry Wurst and mashed potatoes...
- Japan --> Onigiri, Dango and something I forgot ...
- Korea --> Never tried their food and forgot completely :-D
- Mexico --> Burritos and Tortilla Pizza ... which is both not mexican
- Brasil --> Churrasco (meat on a stick), some chocolate and caipirinha
On Saturday we went to the "I love Korea! Dream Concert 2013". It is a concert were several Kpop groups perform and promote a theme. This years theme was "I love Korea" ... therefore the name :-D
The performances were at the World Cup stadium in Seoul, which holds about 70.000 people. We got seats at the side of the stadium in the 18th row. About 48.000 people attended this concert, mostly teenage girls ... and us... The seats were about 50$ each for the side, which was ok. The VIP section, directly at the stage, would have costed about 200$. The funny thing was, everything was seated with reserved seats, even at the stage.
All in all nearly every group did 2 songs. The performances were ok. You may even find some of the concert on Youtube (the concert of last year is also online). I also did some videos: The worst part was leaving the concert with the subway... all the girls did not know how to behave and were trying to fit in one subway ... which did not work... but we arrived at the dorm in time.
So thats it :-D
mohi - 13. Mai, 11:51
