On Sunday, Drew and I traveled around the world in just one hour. We went to Bucheon, a city near Incheon, to go to an "amusement park" called Aiins World. I had been looking for cool adventures to take to fill up our last few weekends, and this was a place I saw on a website called KoreaYe. The pictures I saw of Aiins world looked SO cool. Inside the park, there are tons of replicas of monuments all over the world. All of the pictures I saw online and on Instagram looked amazing. I didn't think the replicas were going to all be life size; after all, The Great Wall of China was there, but I thought they would be decently big. Nope. Imagine Barbie sized replicas of all of these monuments. It was the cheesiest place we've gone in Korea, but it was still fun. It was a good day spent with each other, and we got an okay history lesson along the way.
How many of these world monuments can you identify? I didn't know very many off the top of my head, but luckily they had signs in English to help us out!
So... here is our trip around the world.
How many of these world monuments can you identify? I didn't know very many off the top of my head, but luckily they had signs in English to help us out!
So... here is our trip around the world.
France
Austria
Italy
Spain
Germany
Greece
Russia
Next Stop... Africa
Egypt
Morocco
Now We're Off to North America
Mexico
United States
And Down to South America for a Second
Peru
Just a Quick Stop in Australia
And Last, off to Asia
Jordan
Iran
Turkey
China
Japan
India
Cambodia
Malaysia
And Our Trip Ends in South Korea!
Who knew it was possible to see so many world monuments in such a short amount of time!? Overall, Aiins World was too cheesy for me to recommend anyone go there. Save the !0,000 won and just look at my pictures!
After becoming world travelers, we found this little village on the way to a restaurant for lunch. It was one street that went through a handful of "traditional" Korean houses. That's in quotes because they were so well taken care of that they didn't look very traditional. They were beautiful, though. We read that a certain amount of traditional Korean artisans actually live in the houses and keep the village going. It's like a living museum. There was even a little farming area behind the houses full of people working on planting new crops.
After becoming world travelers, we found this little village on the way to a restaurant for lunch. It was one street that went through a handful of "traditional" Korean houses. That's in quotes because they were so well taken care of that they didn't look very traditional. They were beautiful, though. We read that a certain amount of traditional Korean artisans actually live in the houses and keep the village going. It's like a living museum. There was even a little farming area behind the houses full of people working on planting new crops.
There were a few ajummas dressed in hanboks, drinking tea together inside one of the houses. I wanted to take a picture so badly, but I was too chicken. They were so cute.
After touring the village, we found an awesome restaurant nearby and got some lunch. Ohhhh I am going to miss Korean food so much.
We had a very fun day in Bucheon... I mean touring the world! Only two more adventures left! Can you believe it?! We are going to a place called Nambu next weekend so Drew can get his electronic fix. The weekend after that is a trip to Busan with a bunch of friends. And THEN the next weekend, I'm home!
17 days until I'm home. Things are starting to get crazy. Trying to pack. Waiting for Drew to get orders so we can schedule TMO to come pick up all of our stuff to ship home. Working on finding a house to buy in Virginia! AND I have been talking to the director at a private preschool, La Petite Academy, about a job! So things are crazy and busy and exciting and ahhh! I can't wait to be home.
See you soon!
After touring the village, we found an awesome restaurant nearby and got some lunch. Ohhhh I am going to miss Korean food so much.
We had a very fun day in Bucheon... I mean touring the world! Only two more adventures left! Can you believe it?! We are going to a place called Nambu next weekend so Drew can get his electronic fix. The weekend after that is a trip to Busan with a bunch of friends. And THEN the next weekend, I'm home!
17 days until I'm home. Things are starting to get crazy. Trying to pack. Waiting for Drew to get orders so we can schedule TMO to come pick up all of our stuff to ship home. Working on finding a house to buy in Virginia! AND I have been talking to the director at a private preschool, La Petite Academy, about a job! So things are crazy and busy and exciting and ahhh! I can't wait to be home.
See you soon!