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    • Day 133

      Resultaten van vakken: cijfers

      June 21, 2022 in South Korea ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

      Vandaag mijn laatste les gehad en daarmee is het semester voorbij. Laat ik maar beginnen met wat iedereen vast wil weten: wat zijn mijn cijfers? Op het moment van schrijven heb ik van twee van de vijf vakken een cijfer. Voor Koreaans heb ik een A. Als ik dat omreken naar het Nederlandse systeem kom ik uit op ongeveer een 7.5 – 8. Ik moet bekennen dat ik dit vak niet gehaald hebben als de examens op papier zouden zijn. Iedereen moest de toets online maken. Ik zat dus gewoon op mijn kamer, met mijn lesboek en mobiel tot mijn beschikking. Er was geen controle via de laptopcamera. Met behulp van Papago, dé Koreaanse vertaal app heb ik de vragen makkelijk kunnen beantwoorden. Ik voel mij wel een beetje schuldig, omdat ik normaal gesproken altijd hard studeer, maar de motivatie om Koreaans te leren was nergens te vinden. Over 3 weken heb ik die kennis toch niet meer nodig.
      Het andere cijfer dat ik heb gekregen is een B+ voor sieraden maken. B+ is ongeveer een 7. Hier ben ik ruim tevreden mee. Mijn resultaten zijn mooi, maar niet geweldig. Het is echt een lastig vak. Zeker om in een paar maanden onder de knie te krijgen. Zou ik het vak opnieuw volgen als ik de kans krijg? Nee, ik denk het niet. Hoewel ik veel geleerd heb, is het niet mijn ding. Ik maak liever functionele objecten en heb moeite met kunst begrijpen. Dat zal vast iets te maken hebben met mijn gedachtegang die veel te praktisch denkt en moeite heeft met het begrijpen van niet-tastbare zaken.
      Ik zal deze post bijwerken wanneer ik mijn andere cijfers binnen heb. Foto’s van mijn producten krijgen een eigen bericht hier onder die ik openbaar maak wanneer ik weer thuis ben.

      Update:
      Voor keramiek heb ik een A+
      Design Product 1: A
      Cultuur en geschiedenis van Seoul: A+
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    • Day 16

      Busan (Morning)

      April 3 in South Korea ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

      We started our sightseeing day in a rainy Busan by going for a picturesque ride on the Sky Capsule. Unfortunately, the weather from Hakone caught up to us again and we were denied some beautiful views of the ocean. But no matter the weather, coffee and cake would be waiting.

      After warming up and drying out, we went to the somewhat harrowing Jagalchi Market - the biggest fresh seafood market in all of South Korea. They have the most baffling array of seafood and left us hungry - but for something vegetarian. 😂

      Wandering through BIFF square where the Busan International Film Festival takes place, we finally got to try some of the local tteokbokki: a sweet, spicy fermented chilli stew with squishy and bouncy rice cakes. Heaven!
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    • Day 16

      Busan (afternoon)

      April 3 in South Korea ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

      In the afternoon we made our way to the Busan Museum of Movies + Trick eye museum, where Charlie got roasted by a dragon and Laura finally learned something about films. 😄

      Without fail, learning builds up an appetite, so we went looking for something weird - and found it in the form of a cheese corn dog, covered in potato cubes and then dipped in...sugar!? While weirdly delicious, it didn't quite hit the spot, so we made our way back to Gwangali beach for some well-earned beer, soju and fried food. There are a lot of places where you order via little tablets which makes it really easy for travellers like us even though some of the translations are quite hilarious. Also: We didn’t order draught beer at first because we thought the picture was beer topped with whipped cream. 😂 The actual head it came with was quite adequate though.

      We ended the day by writing a letter to ourselves at a little lit up hut on the beach promissory that the letter will be sent in a years time. We‘ll see. 😉
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    • Day 20

      Seoul - Day 2

      April 7 in South Korea ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      With so few historical buildings remaining, we wanted to check out the Gyeongbokgung Palace. Apparently entry is free if you turn up wearing traditional clothing but we couldn't decide who of us would get to wear the pretty dress and who would get the cool hat. 🤷

      For lunch we learned how to make original Kimchi in the Bukchon Hanok Village, an area with older style buildings. Our Kimchi is currently fermenting in our hold luggage. 😂

      In the Bukchon Hanok Village, there are hundreds of packed cafes, but we managed to get into one selling Bingsu - a Korean shaved ice dessert. We went for Mango and have zero regrets. The portion sizes in Korea have been really generous so far and it is apparently much more of a food sharing culture than Japan. Good for us who want to try everything. :-)

      We also finally tried one of the ubiquitous self foto studios - basically a shop full of photo booths that provide you with cute props and hats etc. There really has been a shop like that in almost every street and it is a lot of fun to be fair. If anyone visits Seoul any time soon, you might spot our picture…

      In a final attempt to find Korea's best chicken, we walked through the high rises and saw a beautiful sunset before finally soaking our weary feet on the rooftop foot spa.
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    • Day 101–105

      Seoul 2.0 🛕🌸☕️

      April 6 in South Korea ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Von Busan ging es mit dem Schnellzug zurück nach Seoul. 🚅
      In Südkoreas Hauptstadt haben wir noch vier Tage verbracht und den Gyeongbokgung Palast besucht. Im Tempelgarten sind die chinesischen Tierkreiszeichen in Stein verewigt. Daniel gehört zu den Hähnen und ich zu den Ochsen. Beide Tiere sollen sehr gut miteinander harmonieren. 😅🐓❤️🐂
      Wir haben das Glück, dass die Kirschblüte im vollem Gange ist - einfach wunderschön! 🌸☺️
      Das Lieblingsgetränk der Koreaner ist eindeutig Kaffee. ☕️
      An jeder Ecke findet man einen Coffeeshop. Milch sucht man allerdings vergeblich, da nahezu 100% der Koreaner laktoseintolerant sind. 🥛❌
      Das Essen hier ist lecker, aber echt scharf und für unsere Begriffe langsam ein wenig eintönig. 🥵🥱
      Praktisch, dass sich direkt gegenüber von unserem Hotel der weltgrößte Ikea befindet. So konnten wir uns mal über europäisches Essen und Köttbullar freuen. ☺️
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    • Day 18

      Busan und der Haeundae Market

      April 15 in South Korea ⋅ 🌧 16 °C

      Mit der Fähre ging es heute über das Japanischen Meer nach Busan.
      Die zweitgrößte Stadt Südkorea und die Drittgrößte auf unserer Tour.

      So wirklich herzlich hat uns die Stadt leider nicht begrüßt und so kamen wir nach 3 Stunden kompett Nass im Hotel am anderen Ende von Busan an.

      Der Regen hat angehalten aber den bekannten Food Market haben wir uns natürlich trotzdem nicht entgehen lassen.

      Und zum Ende des Tages hat uns die Stadt doch noch mit einem wundervollen Ausblick belohnt.

      13230 Schritte
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    • Day 26

      Gyeongju

      September 26, 2019 in South Korea ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Two days in Teletubby land, also known as Gyeongju or the Golden City according to the tourist board. This is an old capital city of the Silla Kingdom and is also known as 'the museum without walls', as if it needed any more names.
      The city itself is quite small but full of things to do and we were happy to find that you can walk everywhere easily. We saw a park full of giant grassy mounds which are tombs for the old royal family. Some are still being excavated and there is a small museum inside one of them with gold armour for the horses and their riders. It was very tempting to climb one but the threatened 2 year prison sentence was enough to put us off.
      We also walked around an old town where all the buildings have the old fashioned architecture, visited an amazing bridge over the River, and saw an ancient astrological observatory.
      We spent the evenings in the night market sampling as much of the food as we could, as usual. We've noticed that the Koreans love to add sugar to everything, including cheese and egg toasties and hot dogs. It's a bit strange at first but not as bad as it sounds! Our favourites this time were mung bean pancakes, sweet sticky fried pork and black raspberry wine, well fincsi :)
      One more thing that this city is famous for is Gyeongju bread. There are bakeries all around selling boxes of 10 or 20 of these little buns which are full of sweet red bean paste, not bad, but one was enough.
      For our last night in Korea we headed back to Busan from where we would fly to Taiwan. We escaped a very rainy night in a restaurant where we had budae jjigae another cook-it-yourself dish which was like a giant noodle soup full of different meat and vegetables, another one to remember to try at home!
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    • Day 38

      Teamlab light show and South Korea

      November 6, 2019 in South Korea ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

      Did you know that Google Maps does not work properly in South Korea?

      Packed up everything and checked out.
      On a reccomendation of a friend we went to the teamlab light show. An audio visual extravaganza for your senses. You slowly walk through different themed rooms with lights, sounds, mirrors and props everywhere. I want my house to be like that! Photos do not do it justice, but this is well worth a visit.
      Left there with all our luggage to get a train to the Tokyo Narita airport. The metro away from the teamlab area is all above ground, and has amazing views over the city, rivers and sea. Hannah got a Ramen, which she had wanted since arriving in Japan. It's got noodles and a boiled egg in and is very tasty.
      Nice easy 2.5 hour flight to Seoul, picked up a sim card then took a hour long train to Seoul central station. It was midnight by this time. The accommodation was an easy 5 min walk away. Tiny with bunk beds, but easy for the night.
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    • Day 206

      Mit einem neuen Fahrradpartner

      October 2, 2019 in South Korea ⋅ 🌧 22 °C

      Now that I was finally able to get my phone back , in Japan, flashback. In Korea, more than one month ago !
      - - -
      Diese wird meine einzige Nachrichte auf Deutsch sein. Ich schreibe in dieser Sprache, die ich fast vergessen habe, um meinen neuen Fahrradpartner David zu willkommen !

      Mit David haben uns in Seoul gettroffen. Weil er auch nach Japan geht, haben wir uns entshieden, durch SüdKorea zusammen Fahrrad zu fahren.

      David ist ein groBer Reisender. Er begann seine Radtour in Deutschland mitten in Winter und plant, fast 3 Jahre auf der ganzen Welt zu reisen ! Das ist ein langjähriges Project, für das er hat lange gespart.
      Ein erster Blick auf sein Fahrrad zeigt, dass er sehr gut ausgestattet und bereit für jeden Vorfall ist. Nach einem eisigen Winter und Sandstürme in den Ländern, die er besuchte, ist es besser !
      Auf seinem Fahrrad trägt er denn viel mehr kilogramm als ich, dessen elektronisches Geschäft für seine Fotos und Videos.
      Unten ist ein Link zu seinem schönen und interessanten Video über China :
      https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/neuss/neuss-da…
      Das Video uber Südkorea wird bald folgen.
      Ich füge auch hinzu, ein Artikel auf die chinesische Teil seiner Radtour. Vielleicht werden sie an den Fotos anerkennen, den gleiche Ort, dort ich meine Zelt auch aufgestellt habe ! Viel Spaß !
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    • Day 207

      A nice birthday surprise in Chuncheon

      October 3, 2019 in South Korea ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      After around 120 km, first following straight cycling lanes, then winding roads and forbidden tunnels (to avoid the steepest hills), we reach the surroundings of Chuncheon.
      At lunch, we give ourselves a pizza treat. It is a bit expensive but today is my birthday after all ! And pizzas happen to be quite tasty in Korea.
      Another afternoon surprise is to bump into a French guy I had met earlier in Seoul, while riding along a river in a park next to Chuncheon ! Ben is spending the week-end here with Sangsu, a Korean art teacher he met through Couchsurfing. To start with, we just chat and take a few pictures to celebrate this encounter, but a few hours and messages later... We are invited to spend the night at Sangsu's grandmothers's apartment. Probably a better option than the camping spot we still had to find, outside of the city, in the dark... Thanks to this unexpected invitation, I can also enjoy a warm shower the evening of my birthday ! Comforting after a first wet camping night outside of Seoul. We also go out for dinner to try out "dak galbi", a delicious marinated and fried chicken specialty from Chuncheon.
      The evening goes on nicely, all gathered in a comfortable little room at the grandma's condo. Ben and Sangsu were even so sweet as to bring me a birthday cake from the bakery "Paris Baguette". What a nice encounter ! Thanks my lucky star, for making me bump into lovely people, at the perfect moment.
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