1/3 van de huur...
Welcome to my blog =) You will find my stories on my semester in South-Korea. There are old messages about my US year as well, but just ignore them;)I will try to keep this blog up to date, feel free to comment and ask. I hope you will enjoy reading this!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
1st days
There is a lot to tell... In the plane, I got a bit sick. Luckily I didn't had to use that bag, but it wasn't pleasant. At the airport, there was someone wuth a temperature-measurement-screen... everyone just walked passed him, but he askes me if I could come to him. Then he asked me if I was staying in Korea or transferred, ofcourse I was staying. So then he asked me if he could check my temperature! So I must have been hot... but everything was okay. I could walk further.
Then when we got out, someone was supposed to pick us up. So we checked all the names, but we didn't find ours. We waited for over 30min, when my name was called and if we could come to some other exit! When we finally found eachother, everything was okay. We took a bus and had a ride for about 1,5 hrs. Then we had to walk with our suitcases (30kg, a heavy backpack and a trolley of over 10kg) for about 10-15min. Then we finally arrived!
I was scheduled with another Dutch girl, but since she already knew the 'neighbour', she wanted to switch. So now I'm roommates with FangFang:) I hear from other students as well, that they wanted to share a room with someone outside of their own nationality, let alone someone they know, but this is what they call 'random computerized selection'... yeah right. Everyone is roommates with their own nationality is that was possible, but that's okay, we are just 'roommates' with the whole floor. Doors open and eating together.
So our neighbours are 2 Dutch girls from Amsterdam, across: 2 German girls, diagonal: 1 Denmark, 1 still to arrive, after that 1 from France and 1 Norway/Sweden (not sure) and also 1 more coming.
We haven't started school yet, but we've been around here a bit, did some cleaning and grocery shopping. Still not fully settle in, but I'm getting closer every day.
My gallery is still under construction... But an impression can be found on FB...
Tomorrow we will visit the old palaces, so that should be fun! :)
I think this is enough reading for now... btw, sorry if it is in English, but it is much easier at the moment;)
some facts: the streets either smell like sewer or food, our room always feels like summer (the central heating is turned on very high), we have a shower-toilet (the shower is 1 step away across the toilet), people only speak a little bit of English if they do at all, and the food is not ranked #1 on my favorite-cuisines-list (yet)... but it's all part of the great experience;)
Then when we got out, someone was supposed to pick us up. So we checked all the names, but we didn't find ours. We waited for over 30min, when my name was called and if we could come to some other exit! When we finally found eachother, everything was okay. We took a bus and had a ride for about 1,5 hrs. Then we had to walk with our suitcases (30kg, a heavy backpack and a trolley of over 10kg) for about 10-15min. Then we finally arrived!
I was scheduled with another Dutch girl, but since she already knew the 'neighbour', she wanted to switch. So now I'm roommates with FangFang:) I hear from other students as well, that they wanted to share a room with someone outside of their own nationality, let alone someone they know, but this is what they call 'random computerized selection'... yeah right. Everyone is roommates with their own nationality is that was possible, but that's okay, we are just 'roommates' with the whole floor. Doors open and eating together.
So our neighbours are 2 Dutch girls from Amsterdam, across: 2 German girls, diagonal: 1 Denmark, 1 still to arrive, after that 1 from France and 1 Norway/Sweden (not sure) and also 1 more coming.
We haven't started school yet, but we've been around here a bit, did some cleaning and grocery shopping. Still not fully settle in, but I'm getting closer every day.
My gallery is still under construction... But an impression can be found on FB...
Tomorrow we will visit the old palaces, so that should be fun! :)
I think this is enough reading for now... btw, sorry if it is in English, but it is much easier at the moment;)
some facts: the streets either smell like sewer or food, our room always feels like summer (the central heating is turned on very high), we have a shower-toilet (the shower is 1 step away across the toilet), people only speak a little bit of English if they do at all, and the food is not ranked #1 on my favorite-cuisines-list (yet)... but it's all part of the great experience;)
Friday, February 25, 2011
Dubai!
Hello all! Ik heb een stuk geschreven en ben een paar dagen later door gegaan…
Dubai is nice! Ondertussen ben ik alweer op het hyper moderne vliegveld, aan het wachten tot we weer gaan boarden voor Seoul. Het is hier nu 2uur snachts en we zijn redelijk afgepeigerd van de heenreis en de dag hier.
Nou goed, we zijn die nacht rond 2uur (lokale tijd) gaan slapen en gingen om 8.30 alweer op. Het was een onrustige nacht… dus we stonden eigenlijk al redelijk vermoeid op. Maar na een goed ontbijt en een koffie zijn we er toch opuit gegaan. We moesten om 12.30 terug in het hotel zijn voor een meeting voor de tour van die avond, dus erg ver konden we niet gaan. Wel erg jammer, zo hebben we niet het oude gedeelte van de stad kunnen bekijken. Maar we zijn wel in een mall geweest direct tegenover ons hotel, het Deira City Center… Ze hebben er alles, lijkt om de Am. Malls. Foodcourt, allerlei (dure) winkels en booths waar ze je dingen proberen aan te smeren. Soms valt de prijs mee, soms een beetje tegen. Verder hebben we nog wat rondgelopen tussen de palmbomen en in het zonnetje:) Ik ben zelfs nog een (klein) beetje gekleurd.
Mensen in Dubai vinden het redelijk koud (27C!), meisje vertelde dat ze 's ochtends zelfs handschoenen aan had! Mensen lopen hier met bedekte schouders en knieeen (op sommige toeristen na) En natuurlijk zie je hier af en toe vrouwen met bedekte hoofden of burka's.
De rijstijl is hier ook erg bijzonder... veel getutter om niks, gewoon invoegen zonder knipperlicht, links en rechts inhalen... dus het anticiperen hebben ze hier wel onder de knie ;) De auto's zijn meestal van de merken Toyota/Nissan/Honda/Mitsubishi in de kleuren w
it/champagne/beige...
it/champagne/beige...
Ohja, de meneer achter de douane (in een wit gewaad met een soort witte hoofddoek) vroeg nog een keer mn naam, omdat ik eruit zag alsof ik van 'hier' was...
Na de shopping mall zijn we op een dessert tour geweest. Heel erg leuk! In een Toyota voor 7personen reden we de zandheuvels van de woestijn over. Zo'n 20 auto's die als een achtbaan karretje over de heuvels reden. Echt heel kick! tussendoor zijn we een aantal keer gestopt voor foto's en hebben we de zonsondergang meegemaakt. Daarna zijn we naar een kamp gereden waar van alles georganiseerd was. Kamelen (rijden), een valk die je op je arm mocht doen, arabische koffie, eten, traditionele kleding, souvenirs, henna en fotografen die graag wilden dat je hun foto kocht en die dus ook jou gingen neerzetten enzo... heel grappig en op het einde kwam er nog een buikdanseres die een hele show gaf. Ook gingen de lichten voor een paar minuten uit zodat we sterren konden kijken:) Erg geslaagd!
Daarna zijn we naar het hotel gereden, hebben we ons opgefrist en zijn we naar het vliegveld gebracht... een vermoeiende maar erg leuke dag!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Take-off en Dubai
Hi everyone,
I arrived safely in Duabi... currently in the hotel lobby. We took a shower and will soon get some sleep!
Take-off was good:) Arrived in beautiful, warm Dubai:) It's night, but still warm. We will go into Dubai tomorrow and have a desert tour as well:D
So, I am safe and you'll hear about Dubai later!
I arrived safely in Duabi... currently in the hotel lobby. We took a shower and will soon get some sleep!
Take-off was good:) Arrived in beautiful, warm Dubai:) It's night, but still warm. We will go into Dubai tomorrow and have a desert tour as well:D
So, I am safe and you'll hear about Dubai later!
