The First Day I Travelled Abroad

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The first day I travelled abroad I had a small dream when I was child. It was riding an airplane. When I was 16, my dream came true through ‘China trip’. I went to Beijing (capital of China) with my parents during the Chuseok(The moon festival in Korea) holidays in 1998. I can’t forget the day before my first day I travelled foreign trip. I had packed my things and read about China culture. So I had went to bed late. It took about two hours from Pusan to Beijing by airplane. I could see Korea’s landscape on the airplane. When I arrived in China, It was strange a little. When I through immigration official, I felt nervous because I could speak English little and the immigration official wore a military uniform and had a porker face. Now ‘Beijing capital airport’ is very big and has top facilities but, in those days the airport was very small and not good. Anyway, my first impression of China wasn’t all that great. When I got out of airport, I could realize that I was in foreign country. My trip was only three days, but I experienced many things. First, I came into contact with Chinese culture. I ate Chinese foods during the trip. And I could see Chinese culture of food. At first, I couldn’t get to Chinese food. It had so many oils. But, Chinese people like to drink a tea very much. Because, drinking tea is helpful to oily food. If I didn’t know that I would understood Chinese food culture and didn’t eat Chinese food. Second, through the trip, I had decided to study foreign language very hard. I had met many foreign tourists, but I could speak English little so I couldn’t speak what I like. It was an inspiration to me. I had been to many places of historic. It was really great, but I also thought Korea culture’s beauty and realized the value of our culture. When I went to back to

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