I ran out of room on Flickr

I ran out of room on Flickr tonight...whoops. Guess that's what I get for taking huge pictures and not resizing them! Anyway, here are the links to my two Flickr accounts; the first one is full and the second one will hopefully last me for the rest of the trip. Those of you that have Facebook, I'll be putting a lot more up on there eventually. :)
First Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37920946@N04/
Second Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38159752@N05/

Oh, to all the parents reading this - Happy Parents' Day! In Korea, they don't celebrate Mother's Day or Father's Day, just Parents' Day. The students told us that they buy their parents flowers and sometimes gifts, but as one guy put it, "I am the best gift to my parents." :) He said he was going home to enjoy an evening with his sisters and parents, so quality time with his family was going to be his gift.

Today was a fun, very busy day! We started off the morning with a lovely American breakfast from Dunkin' Donuts! We were all very excited about American breakfast food. We like Korean food, but it gets very interesting for breakfast. Americans don't usually do tomatoes, spicy foods, or rice for breakfast. :)

After breakfast, we went to our second Korean language class. We attempted to learn our numbers and some "shopping" and "taxi" language (how much is this, please take me to this place, etc.) Our teacher was so nice and very dressed up. It seems to be a pattern here with most of the women/girls - they love dressing up! (or maybe they don't love it, but they just do it) They have no problems walking in stilettos up some pretty decent hills and steps!

Following Korean class, we went to a short lecture on Korean history and culture just for our group. We then got to sit in on a class at the university taught in English on Korean culture, traditions, history, etc. It was really interesting and there was a lot of dialogue going on throughout the class. It was a mixed group, too; we had Koreans, Chinese, Japanese, Americans, and several other countries represented. Kyungpook really is a national university!

We then grabbed lunch on campus, which was delicious! (It was a really good day for food...at least in my opinion.) I had something similar to fried rice. That's not what it's called in Korea, but I don't remember the actual name. It had chicken and crab in it and it was yummy.

After lunch, we headed to calligraphy class! We learned how to mix the ink, grind it, dip the brush, hold the brush, and make our strokes. It was more difficult than it looks! I did learn how to write my name and I'm pretty excited about that. I have a sheet with my name and "Korea" written on it, so that will be coming home with me to go on my fridge...hah...either that or I'm giving it to Mom as my lovely "artwork." :)

We then headed to the international students' lounge and chilled there for a little bit. They brought in a whole group of Korean students who will be studying at MSU in the fall, and it was so exciting to meet them. They are nervous about coming to the States, but they were so sweet and their English is really great. All but one of them are English majors! We then ate pizza and chicken - American food! - sort of. The chicken was very American. The pizza was a little bit different. In Korea, they put cheese, sauce, ham, onion, and potatoes on the pizza! It was very good, but it was interesting to have potatoes on a pizza. They also serve pickles along with the pizza. When I asked why, they said that pizza is very heavy and they like a side dish that's lighter and had a different texture. Sounds like good reasoning to me!

We finished out the night by watching a Korean movie. I don't know the title, but I got confused because they said it was a comedy. It had funny parts, but it was a war movie and people died...so we were all wondering why they were telling us it was a comedy. Oh well.

Tomorrow we take a tour of a historical (former capital city) area near Daegu, then we leave the hotel to spend a day or two with our host families! (Just FYI, I may not have Internet for the next day or two, so there might not be new pictures/posts for a couple of days.) I'm excited and can't wait, but must get to bed! :)