Thursday, October 23, 2008

Jeju

Thanks to the Korean Chemical Society Meeting at the International Conference Center (ICC) Claudine, Mark and I were granted the opportunity to travel to the beautiful, subtropical island Jeju. Upon arrival in a tiny propeller plane, we were already greeted by blue skies and a wonderful view of the island. The ICC turned out to be an equally impressive building, shaped to resemble the shape of Jeju, built right next to the shore. After an exciting check-in using English, pieces of Korean and sign language, we again visited all English talks available, all theory-based posters and finally an exhibition by a few industrial companies. The brave conference attendance was rewarded by a little buffet including scraps of famous black Jeju porc meet. Afterwards we explored the area with our Korean colleagues, visiting the best hotel on the island (Lotte Hotel) and sitting on Jungmun beach watching the moon.

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