One of the days we took a trip to visit Ehwa Women's University, since we heard a lot about the shopping around the area and how beautiful the campus is. It was so nice! I've never seen a campus like it. The main building is set into a hill with the middle hollowed out. You can walk up through the center of the hill and on either side there are giant buildings that are underground. On top of the buildings, which is technically the hillside, are gardens that you can walk through.
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| View of the campus from ground level - The main building is cut straight into the hillside. |
We also went to the Museum of Korean War, which displays artifacts from all the wars throughout Korean history. It was an interesting place, and mainly I was excited to learn more about THE Korean War, but unfortunately I wasn't able to explore the museum as much as I wanted to. One reason is that the museum is MASSIVE, but also we got stopped by this guy in the military who was working with a special art display containing pieces designed by soldiers currently in the army. The guy we chatted with had a sculpture on display, which he showed us. We then took a picture with him (which will apparently be in the newspaper !?) and he showed us around the displays on the basement level. He spoke decent English, but it took some time to make our way around the displays and when we finally got through the ancient Korean warfare section, we were feeling pretty exhausted. We rushed the rest of the museum, but I'll totally check it out again next time I'm in Seoul.
There were also some interesting outdoor displays of old Korean military equipment and amazing statues. We didn't get to see much of those either, and I really want to.
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