Jayden's Blog

Jayden‘s blog Hello everyone I am enjoying Korea. The plane flight was tiring but exciting at the same time. The hotel was really big but the beds were a bit hard. The second day was the first day on the subway train. It was really different from NZ because in Korea you use a travel card. We went to the King’s Palace. It was not what I expected because it was very traditional and huge. The changing of the guards was cool. I have never seen guards like those before. After the Palace we went to Gangnam. I was surprised by the buildings because they said Psy from the song Gangnam. It was fun to dance on the stage but funny when the teachers tried to do it too. I did not expect the food court to have a sorbet stall. It was yummy because I can’t eat lots of dairy. They had a melon so big – I did not expect it to be that size. It was W125,000. After lunch we walked to the markets. They were different to New Zealand markets. They had lots of food and clothes. I bought a T Shirt with the Nike logo. It was only W10,000. We went to a fancy restaurant with water running down the walls. The food was not so traditional as it was Japanese and pizza. I was tired and ready for bed by the end of the first day. Third Day was Lotte World. It had a lot of outside and inside rides. The rides inside were fun. I went on the Cobra Baskets, the hot air balloon and the 4D shooting ride. My favourite was the Cobra Baskets because you could control the speed of the spinning basket. We spent a long time at Lotte World and then we went up Seoul Tower. It was a really long walk to the tower and it was really high up there. There were lots more lock trees than I thought; they were nice with good messages. We put a lock up there from FCI. The dinner tonight was a traditional BBQ. It was yummy because the meat was well cooked. The funny thing was everything was cooked at the table. The last day in Seoul arrived. The best thing for me was visiting the War Museum. They had interesting walls and the vehicles were really interesting. We went to the gift shop and I bought an M1 tank and an aircraft carrier. Then we had a look at the real tanks. Finally we arrived at our sister school and got to meet our home stay family. My home stay has one child and his mum and dad cannot speak much English. We live in a small apartment. We play computer games and played table tennis in the gym. They feed us heaps of good food. I have had a lot of traditional food and noodles, sometimes a bit spicy. I got to go to ABC Mart which is like Rebel Sport but everything is shoe related and actually quite expensive. I bought some Vans shoes there. School life is good. I like school. It is quite big and is five stories high. I have been playing soccer and doing maths that I did not understand but worked it out using the pictures. We had cool fun doing baking and music. I got to take 6 muffins away to give to my home stay mum. They said they liked them. I got to play to play the drums that they played for us when they visited NZ but it was really hard. Yesterday were took a long, long walk all the way up to a temple on a mountain. The temple was very unique and special. I have been surprised by the mountains and the green. We have had some rain and some sunshine. I only have a few days left and am looking forward to spending time with my home stay on the weekend. I do not know what we are doing because it is a surprise.