One of the most exciting things I did during my time in the Ulsan International Program was go to Seoul, South Korea. We had all been waiting for this trip since the first day, and we weren't disappointed when we did go. The UIP staff had a lot of things lined up for us during our trip and even allowed us to stay for the weekend on our own if we wanted to. Since there's just so much to talk about with Seoul (and I'm really not trying to turn this into a travel blog) I decided to share the highlights in this post. So enjoy my favorite adventures of Seoul, South Korea!
JSA and the DMZ
One of the highlights of my trip was going to the Demilitarized Zone and the Joint Security Area . If you're not familiar with any of these, this is the area where the North and South meet. I had always imaged the border between North and South Korea to be heavily armed with both sides staring defiantly at the other, arms ready for battle with tanks aimed at either side. It wasn't exactly like that. There was kind of a face off when we went. South Korea soldiers where standing at the ready on their side of the border facing the other. There were North Korean soldiers on the other side as well, but closer to their buildings. There was no tanks or machine guns in this area as I had originally imagined. There were also buildings for both the North and South on built upon the border, so each country basically was half way in the other. Once we left the building, we saw a bunch of North Korean soldiers begin to march down our way. I guess we got out of there just in time! 
