Study Trip 2017

-Written by Marissa Vos & Aleksandra Zarzycka- Unfortunately the study trip has come to an end. At 10am we have departed the hostel, accompanied by the owner and some of the employees. After the final photo has been taken, the 20h travel has begun [...]

-Written by Nick TenBült & Marjolijn Benen- With one day to go, everyone except for Keven got up at 04.00am, after spending the night at the Myogaksa temple. At 04.50am, while wearing our uniforms again, we all gathered to ring the big bell. A [...]

-Written by Gerton van Middendorp & Wesley van der Sommen- Today is the day everyone was "looking forward" to: the temple stay. We went to the Myogaksa temple in the north of Seoul to do a traditional temple stay. Because we had to leave [...]

-  Written by Lennert Evers & Marc Tavenier- In the morning we got breakfast in two groups: one group was leaving half an hour earlier for measuring at the Yonsei University and the other group left later to be right on time. After a [...]

We got up relatively early again this day and traveled to the famous Gangnam district to visit the architect and design office of Planning Korea. We were warmly welcomed with a cup of coffee and tea which was very useful after a short night [...]

-Written by Stephen Abraham-Reynolds & Mohamed Tantawi- The start of today was early and rushed as usual after 15000 snoozes before waking up and having our luxurious breakfast of toast with butter and jam.. Oh yeah the butter was out so just toast and [...]

In the morning we went to The National Museum of Korea. When we came there where we saw a grand building with all kinds of artefacts from Korea and Asia. From prehistoric digged up artifacts and chinaware to calligraphy, furniture and Buddhist statues. It [...]

After only a few hours of sleep, we had to wake up pretty early for a packed schedule. This definitely feels like a Monday morning. With the standard butter-and-jam-toast in our bellies, we left on our first trip of the day to our first [...]

Today is DMZ day, also known as the DeMilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. A VIP tour bus picked us up. On the drive there we had a short history lesson about the division between North and South Korea and how it came [...]

After a rough day and a short night of sleep we went on a city trip. First stop: Changdeokgung palace and the Huwon secret garden, which was in practice the back of the palace. The palace is mentioned in the UNESCO list for outstanding [...]