N Seoul Tower

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N Seoul Tower, also know as Namsan Tower, is a communications tower on top on Namsan Mountain. It’s my favorite place to visit at nighttime because you get a good view of all of Seoul from here and the tower lights up at night.

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This time, however, I went earlier an left once it got dark because it was getting too crowded. Since it’s Korean Thanksgiving right now in Korea only tourists attractions are open, so the places are packed with locals and tourists, but the view of the tower and the city makes the visit worth it.

Korean Thanksgiving was originally to celebrate the successful harvest and to pay respect to their ancestors with food and games.

Because it was Korean Thanksgiving, there were a lot of traditional games to try out. Sadly, I forgot to take pictures while I was enjoying playing the other games, but I did capture this shot of children playing jump rope.

Playing games brought back memories of me playing games during field day back when I was in elementary school. It was also nice to interact and connect with other people through games even tough we don’t speak the same language.

Karen Conde

My name is Karen Conde and I'm a senior studying International Business and French at the University of Texas at Arlington. I spend most of my free time trying out new cooking recipes, walking my dog, and learning about the history of other countries. As a first generation college student and coming from a low-income family, nobody ever believed me when I said I would go study abroad. Well, I proved all those people wrong because this will be my second time studying abroad in South Korea! Next Fall I will be spending the last semester of my undergraduate career at Yonsei University, one of the most prestigious universities in South Korea. It is a goal of mine to work in Seoul someday and studying at Yonsei will get me two steps closer to that goal. I will be studying Korean and International business there, but I also plan to travel to historical sites, try all the delicious cuisine I missed out on last time, and share my experiences with everyone.