Midterm Travels (part 1)

So recently we had midterms week here at Yonsei. Last semester I had midterms throughout the whole week, so I didn't really get a chance to do anything. However, this semester I finished on the first day of midterm exams!! Two of my classes decided to have our midterms the week before the scheduled exam time period, one midterm was a take home exam, and I had one midterm on the Monday of midterms week. So this gave me a good opportunity to travel. Since it's spring here in Korea, it's a great chance to see a lot of pretty flowers!

A friend and I made a day trip to Pocheon Herb Island (포천 허브아일랜드). From Yonsei, it took a little more than an hour and a half by subway and bus to get there. You kinda have to be aware when taking the subway. You need to take the green line (line 2) and transfer to the dark blue line (line 1) and take it all the way to the last stop. The blue line was a little strange though because there were about 2-3 times where it stopped and we had to get off and transfer onto another train that was on the same line and going in the same direction. (The website that I linked above should give you more directions on how to get there.)

The place was so beautiful!! It was also very empty...possibly because it was the middle of a school day during midterms week. We went on April 23 and it just happened to be the last day of the lights festival (불빛동화추제), so it was very pretty at night as well.

Also make sure to try the yummy food there!! They have things like herb bibimbap and herb tofu salad. Korea is known for a red pepper paste called gochujang (고추장) and the restaurant that makes the herb bibimbap sells a special herb version that you can buy. They said it should last 4 months in the refrigerator, so I'm hoping it'll last so I can give it to my mom this summer!! :)
You can also check out their bread store for more herby foods!