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When I was a kid, we had a small amusement park (if it could be called so) in our city, and it was possible to walk around whole park in less than an hour. And when I saw Disney land on TV, I thought it seemed like a magic to me. After years, when I became adult and came to South Korea, everything looked so huge and unusual. I feeled like I am in another world or planet. At that time I came to Korea for Korean language courses. Our programme included a tour to the Lotte World — Seoul largest amusement park . The park owner is one of the largest companies in Korea Lotte. You may know about that company by newly built tower — Lotte tower. A park was established in 1989. 6 years later it was listed in Guinness world records book as the world largest indoor park. A total square of the territory is more than 128,000 sq.meters . And buildings total floor square (if it is called so) is more than 581,000 sq.meters. Lotte spent around 1 billion USD to build a whole park. Park is ...

South Korea is a country and museum at the same time. Here you can walk along the streets and enjoy unusual constructions, buildings and green parks. You can enjoy modern constructions and historical places located close to each other. South Korea has enormous an cultural and historical heritage. Unfortunately, not all these historical monuments could survived till today, and some of them were reconstructed or restored recently. But, many historical places were rearranged to the museums, so people can visit it and learn about Korea more. In this post I will introduce to you one of the oldest historical heritage —  Gyeongbokgung Palace (경복궁) . Many people call this palace ‘ Gyeongbokgung’, however, it is not so correct lingustically. The ending ‘gung’ (궁) means ‘palace’ from Korean languge. Therefore, the right interpretation of Gyeongbokgung is Gyeongbok Palace. The name of the palace has a several meanings. A palace of shining happiness, A palace of sun light and happine...

Last time I told you about Korean courses , so maybe it is time to talk about Korean language itself? Korean language… Korean language was not so popular before…before Korean wave became a world-wide trend.  What do you know about Korean language? Many people think that Korean language is like a Chinese language , and there is no alphabet, only chinese hieroglyphs.  Today, I will share with you a few facts about Korean language. Maybe some of these facts are familiar to you, maybe not. First of all , Korean language or Hangeul (한글) was invented in XV century by 4th King of Joseon Dynasty King Sejong Great . Before it, Korean people used Chinese hieroglyphs. Sejong King tried to make the language easy to study or use by any social level. Because, during the Joseong Dynasty poor people couldn’t even read, so they couldn’t learn about any annoucements or news which were published on the board. So, Sejong King invented Korean alphabet. Each letter was derived from people mouth....

I told you a story about Jeju island and then we had a tour to Museum of Glasses . Today we will continue our trip today. The next destination is Museum of Stones .  There are 2 stone museums , but I visited only one. Jeju island is volcano island, and there are a lot of different stones. Some stones look really amazing and incredible. And citizens of the island don’t miss a chance to show it to others. These stones are real nature’s gifts.  Don’t forget that Stone Park, Stone Village, Stone museum are 3 different places. Actually, there are a lot similar places on Jeju Island. Like Museum of Glass and Park of Glass , about which I told you last time.  The entrance to the park costs 5,000KRW or 5$. But for kids ticket costs 3,000KRW or 3$ . The park is not so large, it will take about 1 hour to walk around it. The tour will start with a small museum with an only one hall. The local guide will tell you shortly about park itself, and some special stones. Also, he will yo...

What does come to your mind when you hear a word  Samsung ? Digital and Electric stuff? Cell phones? TV? Notebook? Right. But, Samsung is also a founder of the largest amusement parks in South Korea, which is called  Everland . The park is located in Yeonin city, and was built in 1976. Yeonin city is close to Seoul, about 50km from the center of Seoul. It will take about 1–1,5hours to get there by bus. There are a few buses which go directly to Everland. There are 2 parks in Everland: water park Carribean Bay and amusement park Everland. They close to each other, just in opposite sides. And you can buy the tickets in front of the entrance. And you can decide whether to go one to one of them, or to both of them. So what about ticket price?  Adult ticket costs 54,000KRW or 54$. Youth ticket costs 46,000KRW or 46$. Ticket for kids cost 43,000KRW or 43$ . Also, beside one-day pass there are  evening tickets , which are about 9 dollars cheaper than regular tickets. The en...