The past week has been very unlucky. The things that could go wrong with the planning of my time in Korea have gone wrong. It’s not all bad though. First up, I forgot to mention accommodation when I applied to the University. So I haven’t a place in dorms. I have to wait until the 21st to see if anyone drops out. I’ll be in Korea on the 21st though. If no dorm space available then I have to go searching for off-campus housing. It should be fine but you can see my worries. My Korean is basic at best. People think I should have gone to Japan instead as I’m progressing very well with that but the chance for Korea at just the right time was too good to pass. I have a good interest in Korean culture so this trip should be eye opening and help me get back into academic study. Anyway another problem was getting a visa. All my correspondence with the University was by email so I took those along to the embassy thinking that’d be okay but turns out they wanted the acceptance letter on University headed paper. No way around it. So now I have to country hop while I’m out there so I can stay the required length of time without a visa. A week in Japan then I think. The pic is my friend watching the river in London after our visa disappointment. London was good. We met up with some friends there and ate some good food in a little restaurant looking over the busy streets in Covert Gardens. Anyway I fly out to South Korea on Tuesday. Future posts will be about Reptaro in Korea.