Blogs from South Korea, Asia - page 12

We can all pack up and go home now! We have seen the most magnificent blossoms in South Korea, avenue upon avenue of beautiful white and magnificent pink blossoms. It seems the slightest wind or a few rain drops falling and they are done until next flowering season. The time is Korea was no where near enough in order to see the beautiful country side, we were on a tour for about 12 hours so stuffed by the time we arrived back at the ship. Firstly we had a long drive to see a rice cake museum, yes a museum dedicated to rice cakes, but it was so interesting to see the big part that these delicious cakes take in the Chinese culture. For example when a baby turns on a celebration cake is made, one ... read more

I leave in 2 days - it's been an unbelievable experience. I came here not knowing what I was doing, who I would meet, and what would happen while I'm here. I had no expectations because I had no idea what would happen. All I knew about the Olympics is what I saw on TV from previous Olympics. The Koreans did a fabulous job preparing for the Olympics. They put in roads, 2 major train stations, improved train timetables, arranged for hundreds of buses to move around workforce, spectators, and athletes. They built the venues where the competition would be held. There were decorative banners and mascots everywhere. The Olympic Park had lots of fun things to do inbetween competition events. There were events at the beach, and hospitality houses (I only made it to 2) ... read more

Day 1 We first set foot in South Korea at 10am, after a night flight - and 22 hours without sleep. It took us a few hours to leave the airport and get to our accommodation. We struggled to stay awake in the subway. Walking in the streets of Seoul was surreal: there was no one in sight, it was a ghost town! Check-in in our guesthouse was from 3pm but we had hoped to at least leave our bags there - there was no one in the guesthouse and it was 1pm. We shared an expensive coffee in a very cute coffee place and then went for lunch in the only cheap-ish open restaurant we could find... Which was a Vietnamese restaurant! At 3pm, after 27 hours with no sleep, we went to our guesthouse. ... read more

I'm sorry I haven't posted a blog in awhile. I've been really busy. Wednesday, Feb. 14 - Happy Valentine's Day What an awesome day. I went back to work at the USOC office. There's actually not alot of work to do right now - just little things like shopping and other errands. So we site around and watch 3 events all at once. The USOC office is great because we have 3 TV's. Other Team offices don't have TV's and the volunteers are bored to death. We watched Shaun White get his gold medal. I decided I wanted to see the Medals Ceremony that evening. Hmmm - that meant I had to figure out the transportation. There are lots of buses: TW (Transport Workforce - that's us the workers), TS (Spectators), TC (Competition Venues), and TA ... read more

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