English Program in Korea Training (EPIK)

These pictures are from the weekend of December 12, 2009. Shortly after my arrival in Korea, they sent me to Seoul for 5 days for a training and orientation program. Although the program was only slightly more than useless, I did get to meet some cool people and we ventured out into Seoul for the first time. We also went, as a large group, to the Korean War Memorial and whatever the largest museum in Asia is called (I wasn't overly impressed and was slightly bitter that we spent about 2/3 of the day at the museum and only a couple hours at the War Memorial, which was much more interesting). Having said that, the museum might have been more enjoyable if the descriptions of artifacts were in English as well as Korean.

This area is in downtown Seoul, right near the last picture in this set, in Myeong-dong

This is from the Korean War Memorial. The writing says it all.

This is a sculpture at the Korean War Memorial made of dog tags.

A tribute to countries that contributed to fighting off the North Koreans.

Interesting Architecture.

A view from the second floor of the KWM of the entrance.

This is the ChonGae Canal, which runs through downtown Seoul. This particular section is in Myeong-dong, a popular shopping area (although I guess most areas are).