Japan and South Korea Trade Mission

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Day 6: Arriving in Seoul

We left very early in the morning for Seoul, South Korea. South Korea is a country about the size of Indiana but with 49 million people, 11 million of which live in Seoul. The scenery is very lush and green. There are many new buildings and interesting architecture, especially the bridges that dot the city crossing the many rivers. They are all different and unique in style and color.

Since most of our day was spent traveling, our only event for the day was an evening dinner at Korea House. We had a very traditional Korean meal consisting of 12 courses including vegetables, beef, noodles and much more.

After dinner we were entertained by a traditional Korean dance performance. The musicians used traditional instruments and the dancers wore historic costumes and performed some of the native Korean dances.