Thursday, June 19, 2014

May 25th: Seoul – What a perfect way to end our trip

May 25th: Seoul – What a perfect way to end our trip
 We arrived in Seoul around 5:30 am, and by 7 am we were through customs and waiting for our bus into Seoul and our day-use hotel. Seoul Royal Hotel is located in Myeongdong, a pedestrian-only shopping area. About half of the students went out exploring in the morning. I was in the other half, and chose to explore after the hotel-provided lunch. Our itinerary ended up being the following: eat ice-cream, make up Eli at the make-up shop, try on sun glasses, and drink bubble tea. At 4 pm we were back on the bus for an hour ride back to the airport, then 10 hours on a plane, an hour through customs and security, and back to all of you.

eating ice cream

Eli's "make over"

trying on sun glasses

drinking bubble tea
I cannot express enough how grateful I am for this opportunity to lead your students through Vietnam. What an amazing groups of young adults. I am so proud of their attitude of exploration and their desire to stretch their comfort zone, of their support of each other and their willingness to engage the Vietnamese people and culture.

I also want to express my appreciation for the unending hard work, commitment, compassion and flexibility of the chaperones. All 8th grade families are greatly indebted to these amazing people.


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