lorenchristopher

I’m living in Seoul and have been studying off and on for a year or two with tutors. Now taking courses at Sogang University and loving it….I am so determined to be fluent. Any advice other can give me would be much-appreciated!

Was one of the coolest days of my life. The weather was beautiful (had just rained) and we visited a section of the wall that not many tourists visit. It was just me and a few friends, way up on the top of a mountain on the wall….overlooking everything. Unforgettable. Usually photos can capture the beauty, but even my photos of it are amazing!

Don’t expect smiling faces and people bending over backwards to help you when you visit. Then again, I didn’t visit Russia for hospitality, and the coldness you get from a lot of people just reminds you that you are in fact, in Russia. My hotel staff were warm and excellent though.
There are so many things to see and do in the city, wish I could have stayed longer. I have traveled all around the world and lived in a few different countries, but walking into the Red Square for the first time (just before sunset)....seeing St. Basil’s in the distance….that is a moment where I had to stop and say out loud, “Oh my god!”