A Before-Departure Update

Trip Itinerary : Where I'll Be

Departure - August 15, 2011 SFO to Incheon arriving Aug.16 2:55 pm KST greeted by CIEE staff

~and the in-betweens~

August 16: Move in to SK Global House on Yonsei University campus

August 17-31: Student Orientation Activities

(August 19-21): Three day overnight excursion to rural South Korea

September 1: Class starts

October 20-26: Midterm Examinations

October 28-31: Excursion to Osaka, Japan with other CIEE students

December 15-21: Final Examinations

December 21: Dorm check-out

Return - December 21, 2011 Incheon to LAX in time for the holidays

A minor side-note...SCU Classes resume January 9, 2012

I thought telling you all the classes that I am hoping to take would also be a happy addition to my blog. Course registration will take place on August 11, 2011. I anticipate being in the following classes:

1. International Economics

2. Afternoon beginning level Korean Language (4-6 p.m. daily)

3. Introduction to Korean Studies

4. Counseling or Cross Cultural Psychology

5. Food and Nutrition for Physical Fitness as a possible fun elective

About to Embark on a Journey to Remember...

Hello dear friends and family,

I have decided that I would like to share my study abroad experience with all of you Internet-savvy folk through this e-blog. The countdown to my departure date has begun, and there are twenty short days until I board the plane to the "foreign" land of South Korea (it will not be foreign to me much longer, I am happy to say). I am becoming ever more excited and even more nervous for my four months away. I will be sad to be apart from you, but know that this time will pass by and I will be back by Christmas to greet you all, at home or at school. I intend to post my favorite photos from my trip here along with some weekly journal entries so that you will all feel very up-to-date on my whereabouts and shenanigans. Feel free to write to my email address to which this blog is connected. Until next time...Kat