Hotel – LEXIS SEOUL – 렉시스 코리아

12 new students commence their studying at Lexis Korea from this week.

Leonard, Uwe, Sabine and Pham Kim Hoa from Germany, Tiffany and Lane from Canada , Andrea from Switzerland, Xi Lang from China, Haruna from Japan, Jian Yih and Yeong Yih from Malaysia, Sanna from Sweden!!

12 students are from 7 different countries! They are interested in learning Korean and Korea culture. Please say ‘Hello/안녕하세요’ and big welcome to our new students. We hope you have and great memories and good experience with Lexis Korea!

이번 주는 12명의 새로운 학생들과 다시 돌아온 2명의 학생들이 렉시스에서 첫 수업을 시작했어요.

독일에서 온 레오,우베 그리고 킴, 캐나다에서 온 청호이와 레인, 스위스에서 온 안드레아, 중국에서 온 희랑, 일본에서 온 하루나, 말레이시아에서 온 지안이 그리고 영이, 스웨덴에서 온 산나!!

이번 주, 12명의 렉시스 신입학생들과 다시 돌아온 학생들은 각자 다른 7개국에서 온 한국에 관심이 많은 학생이에요. 신입 학생들을 만나면 반갑게 인사해주세요. 환영합니다!

…unless you know a few little secrets

While hotel accommodation in Seoul can be a bit rough on the bank balance, there are actually some quite (read: very) cheap accommodation options available, right in the middle of Gangnam.

Most of our students, particularly the longer term stayers, choose ‘mini studio’ accommodation for their time in Seoul. Our preferred option is located between Gangnam and Yeoksam Stations, about 15 minute’s walk to Lexis Korea.

Accommodation of this kind has good points and some less-than-good points. On the positive side, it’s cheap. I mean, really cheap – rooms from just over US$100 a week, which is about 1/10th the price of a hotel room in the same area. The rooms are clean, neat, well furnished and have private bathrooms. They have free laundries on each floor, and lots of local students to practice your conversation skills with. When you need a break from that, watch TV from home on the super-quick and entirely free internet. There’s even free rice and kimchi in the (share) kitchen.

There’s really only one bad point – the rooms are tiny. And by tiny, I mean really, sit-on-the-toilet-to-have-a-shower tiny. Imagine The Shire from Lord of the Rings suffering from unplanned high rise development, and these are the rooms our little hobbit friends would be staying in.

Assuming that you can live with that, Mini Studios are a superb option to base yourself in, with lots left in the budget for playtime.

Hint: Didn’t you hear me?? Free rice and kimchi! You can live for next to nothing!