Michael's Blog

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 September. Once we had arrived at the airport after the 12 hour flight, we were all tired and had to hop on a bus to travel to our hotel. It turns out that we had the privilege to go on a party bus. We got to the hotel and grouped up for our hotel groups, got our keys, ran to our rooms, dropped our bags inside (after a quick inspection) and ran down to the restaurant to have beef ribs for dinner. That was the first night, now for the second day. We went to the King’s Palace and found lots of info about this special site. The palace was so big. We also saw the changing of the guards. It was really interesting. We got on and off the subway many times to visit special places in Seoul. On the third day. LOTTE WORLD! We were all really excited as we ran through the doors of the giant theme park. First I won an angry bird for W1000, which is worth about a dollar. A group of us went on a hot air balloon ride, which went over the whole theme park. I did lots of other rides like the log flume and so on. My most enjoyable ride was the cowboy shooting ride, where I came third. It was awesome. On the fourth day, we went to Seoul Tower and looked at all of the locks. It was giant. We went to the top, then the bottom in 10 minutes. Then we walked to the Korean BBQ Restaurant and I had beef. On the fifth day, we dropped off BBI at a BOYS ONLY SCHOOL. We went to our school. I walked out of the bus to a crowd of screaming girls. I knew this wouldn’t end. We met our home stays and my home stay brother is called Andy. They are really nice. They live in an apartment. On the first evening, we drove to a really good restaurant where I had beef, chicken and pork from shared dishes. On the sixth day. We did a cooking class and I was able to leave the screaming girls behind me. We made blueberry cupcakes. They were delicious. We then went on a bus to dinner with everyone from FCI including the teachers and parents. I then stayed the night at Austin’s house as our home stay brothers are besties. It rocked. On the seventh day, we went to a really big mountain and I was elected the new emperor of everything. We saw people doing prayers which remind me of dance moves. This was at a Buddhist temple. The emperor of everything then stayed at Austin’s for the second night. On the eighth day, we stayed the whole day at school getting screamed at. I mean, emperor is a pretty big title. Then we went to an Outback Steak House with Austin and it was delicious. So far the trip has been O for Awesome.