Day 10: Relaxation

Today was pretty much the most relaxing day ever.

Started it off with a marathon skype session before finally changing and leaving the dorm around 2 in the afternoon.  Walked to campus to find my classrooms (only in three buildings total so I was fine), picked up some ramen and instant rice I can cook in the dorm (and peanut butter and bread for breakfast!!), and then headed back.  That's essentially the bulk of the day.

Though, I did add the girl who is supposed to be my roommate on facebook.  I looked up her name and country and found her, and after talking today we realized that's she's actually already moved into a different dorm, so it looks like they double booked her.  Soooooo it looks like I have a double room to myself, which is GREAT because I've already kind of taken the whole thing over and I've never shared a bedroom with anyone before (spoiled, I know), so it's nice to just have a place I can have privacy.  I did tell my other roommates (ie, the girls I share a bathroom with) that they can store their stuff in here since I have all this extra space, and to feel free to use it to skype or whatever if I'm out and they want privacy.

Classes start tomorrow and honestly I'm pretty nervous.  Not for the fact it's a new school - this is my third university and my 5th school in 5 years - but the fact that half my classes, my sport classes, are all in Korean.  Which means I'll have no idea what's happening.  They said it's cool for exchange students to be in them but oh maaaan this is going to be embarrassing.  Not to mention the fact that I'm going to make a fool of myself in all the sport classes (basketball, dance, yoga) because I'm not good at any of those things.  And I don't know if anyone in the classes will be able to speak English (and I feel horrible that I don't know Korean to talk to them) so I don't know if I'll be able to meet any friends in the classes.

Oh, and basketball is my FIRST CLASS TOMORROW.  So my first class is a sport I'm not good at anymore, in a language I don't understand, and I just have no idea how it will go.  I never took sports in the US either as a class, so I don't know if I'm supposed to wear sweats and shorts to class or just bring it or if we're even playing tomorrow or anything that's happening.

Here's to hoping I don't embarrass myself too much tomorrow.  But if I do, you'll be the first to hear about it!

Day 9: Dog Cafes

Woke up slow, and then met up with Terry (a girl from Holland I hung out with on the city tour) and we went to Hongdae to see the sheep cafe!  I was super excited - the pictures of the place online show the sheep IN THE CAFE and they looked adorable and fluffy and amazing.  Well, we get there and it's just two sheep outside and you can't even go in the enclosure and pet them, and no sheep in the cafe.  Total disappointment.

But they were cute

So, instead we went to a dog cafe which was SO WORTH IT.  You just had to pay for one drink (~$7), wear sandals they supplied and use hand sanitizer before going in and then you got to be with the dogs!  There were so many and they were so cute - as soon as you sat on the floor they just came and sat in your lap, it was adorable.

After probably two hours in the cafe, we went and just walked around Hongdae.  We actually came across a FREE place that let us try on Hanboks (traditional Korean dresses) and take pictures in a little scene.  It was super fun.

Just walked around more, had some street food (I got a kebab), did a bit of shopping, and ended up getting a bit lost.  It wasn't a big deal, we just kept walking and actually ended up at a different train station than the one we started at.  I went back to the dorm and Terry went to a different place to meet some other people.  When I was walking back to the dorm from the subway station I actually ran into my roommate Jasmine and we ended up meeting her friend and going to get ramen for supper.

Finally made it back to the dorm, found out my basketball teacher emailed me back so I FINALLY know where the classroom is.  Thank goodness, because it's my first class on Monday.  Chilled out a bit at the dorm and then went to sleep, so pretty productive day!