What can be done in 13 days?

One can travel around the world in 80 days. I have spent 13 days in one single country. It might seem odd to some because the country I travelled is not in Europe nor is it a totally unfamiliar one in another continent. This is the 12th day of my trip in Korea and I have simply confined myself in the city of Seoul for 13 days and now i'm sitting in an internet cafe because there is nothing else to do. What a strange way to travel or what a luxury to some. My friend admired:``I wish I had the time to do the same.'' What can be done in 13 days? I saw a couple of palaces, visited several musuems and a huge mall, met my friends that i haven't seen for long, took care of some kids in an orphanage and overlooked North Korea from the demilitarised zone near the famous 38 line dividing the two Chosun countries. Bundang, Baekyeong Island, Coex mall, Sinchon, Bupyong, Juan's orphanage, Myongdong, Haehwa, Seoul Yeok, Guro, Guil, Yongsan, Anguk, Jongno-sam-ga, Insadong, Incheon Wharf, they have become familiar names. Tickets to the palaces, the worn-out subway map, words to flirt with girls my friends taught, the Korean version of Metro newspaper, the International Herald Tribune I finally got on the last day, the friction soaked with soap from the bathtub and the 269 pictures and video clips - I will keep them. The dinner with my friend's mother, lunches that I missed with my good friend I haven't seen for 5 years, the free video game, Asiana airline, Hite beers, the kids that gave me the warm kisses before crying when I left the orphanage, these will be remembered. Nana, songyoung, woosu, Yuna, Minzhu, crazy party in a soldier's motel, 2 litres of beer in 2 hours, singing ''Ji Mo Nan Nai'' (Chinese version of ''Are you lonesome tonight'') on the 12th day of the trip, waiting for phone calls, getting a huge bill on cell phone, reading a Korean newspaper, kimchi everyday, taking a nap on the grassland in front of the Seoul City Hall while families were enjoy their Sunday- and so much more. I like integrating myself into one culture when I am travelling, and so I did. Didn't I seem to have LIVED in this country for 13 days? Although I still know their language little enough to understand only part of an item's price, at least I know how to read their characters now, though the meaning is another question. This is 13 days in the country I had longed for visiting, and I will definitely come back. Okay, next stop - Singapore.