South Korea with Iris

Travelling around is always awesome, and is full of positive emotions and memories. But during travel, we usually face different issues related to the foreign language. And today we will talk about South Korea and the Korean language. I started to study the Korean language in 2009 when I received a scholarship from Korean Foundation. My first language course was at Hanyang University. It was a short intensive program. The scholarship covered everything, except travel expenses. But still, it was a pretty good deal. The course duration is 3 weeks. A little bit of Korean language… Hangugo (한국어)— Korean language. Hanguk (한국)— Korea, Suffix ‘-o’ (-어) means ‘language’ During the courses, we stayed in the dormitory. There were 2 students in one room. The room was pretty wide: 2 tables, 2 beds, 2 wardrobes, toilet and shower room, etc. The classes were in another building. In order to get there from the dormitory, we could take a subway or free shuttle bus (about 15mins), or just walk (about 3

I told you a story about Jeju island and then we had a tour of the Museum of Glasses . Today we will continue our trip today. The next destination is the Museum of Stones. There are 2 stone museums, but I visited only one. Jeju island is a volcano island, and there are a lot of different stones. Some stones look really amazing and incredible. And citizens of the island don’t miss a chance to show it to others. These stones are real nature’s gifts. Don’t forget that Stone Park, Stone Village, and Stone museum are 3 different places. Actually, there are a lot of similar places on Jeju Island. Like Museum of Glass and Park of Glass , about which I told you last time. The entrance to the park costs 5,000KRW or 5. But for kids ticket costs 3,000KRW or 3.Butforkidsticketcosts3,000KRWor3. The park is not so large, it will take about 1 hour to walk around it. The tour will start with a small museum with only one hall. The local guide will tell you shortly about the park itself, and some speci

What does come to your mind when you hear the word Samsung? Digital and Electric stuff? Cell phones? TV? Notebook? Right. But, Samsung is also the founder of the largest amusement park in South Korea, which is called Everland. The park is located in Yeonin city and was built in 1976. Yeonin city is close to Seoul, about 50km from the centre of Seoul. It will take about 1–1,5hours to get there by bus. There are a few buses which go directly to Everland. There are 2 parks in Everland: water park Caribbean Bay and amusement park Everland. They are close to each other, just on opposite sides. And you can buy the tickets in front of the entrance. And you can decide whether to go one to one of them, or to both of them. So what about the ticket price? Adult ticket costs 54,000KRW or 54$. A youth ticket costs 46,000KRW or 46$. Tickets for kids cost 43,000KRW or 43$. Also, besides a one-day pass, there are evening tickets, which are about 9 dollars cheaper than regular tickets. The entrance wit

Last time we had a journey to Glass Island on Jeju island . We walked around the covered part of the island, and today we will continue our tour to the museum, and we will go to the open part of it. There are doors in the building which will bring us to the outside or park zone of the island. As soon as we step outside we can see a wall with a waterfall where glass fishes are swimming . With my not-perfect eyesight at the first moment,  I thought these fishes are real . And I was asking my friend how can we swim that way. A response I just heard a loud laugh… Well, Let’s go forward… This park or open area of the museum is like a small…no… big separate magic glass world . Close to the building you can see a cosy coffee corner with glass tables and chairs, glass dishes and plates.  Also, there are huge colourful cups swimming in the pond . That scene reminds me of the movie “Alice in wonderland”. By the way, the flowers on the pond are also made of glass.  Of course, there