Random Walks - South Korea
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Itinerary Description |
South Korea is an extraordinary country filled with beautiful beaches, thriving cities, ancient temples, remarkable natural scenery and most importantly, friendly people! After you spend a week enjoying the Korean culture, history, food, and nightlife, we assure you that you won’t want to leave! You will start your trip in Seoul where you will get to step back in time to explore the old world. The next day you’ll head to the DMZ to spot North Korea from afar. After this you’ll fast forward to present day Seoul with a little bit of touring en route to Busan. Experience the favorite seaside city of Korea, Busan. You’ll get to enjoy a cooking class and a private yacht tour. We’ve already slated a karaoke room for the group, so be prepared to stay out all night like the locals. If you love spending your days exploring and nights that turn into mornings with friendly local, then this is the trip for you! |
Preliminary Itinerary* |
Dates: Friday, August 30 to Saturday, September 7, 2024 View the South Korea itinerary via WorldStrides. *Activities and hotel selections subject to change. |
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KEY DATES
April 19
Random Walks Fair
April 22
Virtual Random Walks Fair
April 22
Online registration opens
April 25
Trip registrations suspended
April 26
Waitlist registration begins
Late May
Trip notifications
Mid June
Waitlist placements begin
Late June
Waitlist registration deadline
August 29- Sept 3:
Trips depart
Trip Leaders |
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E-mail: mariannedolan@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Portland, OR Undergrad College: University of Chicago Undergrad Major: Psychology Work Experience: Retail Pricing Strategy/Operations Booth Concentrations: Marketing, Strategic Management 2023 Random Walk: Croatia! Hobbies: being always late but never flaky, buying things ironically that then become non-ironic wardrobe staples (photo evidence above), staying up too late for no reason, listing Barry’s as the top interest on my resume, petting Nadia’s cat(s), knowing too much about D-list celebrities Fun Facts: Am an ER frequent-flier (fractured right arm 3 different times and each ankle, have had 7 stitches, 1 concussion). Almost got into a fender bender with Luka Doncic in a grocery store parking lot. Didn’t learn that Biggie Smalls was dead until 2019. Refused to own an umbrella until age 24. Have 3 very close friends all named Claire (my Claires pictured on immediate right). |
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E-mail: nrahman0@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Santa Monica, CA Undergrad College: Yale University Undergrad Major: Economics Work Experience: Internal consulting for Capital One, the nation’s third-largest credit card issuer Booth Concentrations: Behavioral Science, Strategic Management 2023 Random Walk: Croatia! Hobbies: Climbing (as of December), watching bad reality TV, mentioning the summer I spent backpacking in Thailand AND Malaysia, avoiding commitment, credit cards Fun Facts: I have an irrational fear of snakes; I can walk on stilts, though this has never been relevant in my adult life; a hairdresser once refused to touch up my roots because my hair was so damaged and he “couldn’t accept the liability;”pterodactyls are NOT dinosaurs they’re pterosaurs which is DIFFERENT |
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E-mail: stang13@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Marlborough, MA Undergrad College: Dartmouth Undergrad Major: Economics, Mathematics Work Experience: Economic/Strategy Consulting (Energy) Booth Concentrations: Finance, Accounting 2023 Random Walk: Croatia with Marianne and Nadia! Hobbies: Exploring Chicago’s finest fast food restaurants, finding deep meaning in fortune cookie messages, open water swimming in highly questionable conditions, mixing up clear beverages with water, petting Nadia’s cats. Fun Facts: Won a 64-man rock-paper-scissors tournament without dropping a set, saw Shaq and his entourage in a Target when he was on the Celtics, spent more than a week eating nothing but pizza (cheeseburger pizza is my unabashed fave) |
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E-mail: gjustic0@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Laguna Niguel, CA Undergrad College: University of Chicago Undergrad Major: Biology Work Experience: Healthcare (payer) Booth Concentrations: Strategic Management, Marketing Management, Econometrics, Healthcare 2023 Random Walk: Ireland Hobbies: Watching the finest so-bad-that-it's-good movies, teaching my roommates Wii Sports, overcaffeinating, insisting the overpriced coffee I bought actually tastes different this time, Irish exiting parties to get fried chicken Fun Facts: Both Nadia and Marianne are my college roommates’ exes, I’ve spent 10 years curating a YouTube playlist of the worst music ever created, I’m naturally flexible enough to put my foot behind my head (but only the left foot). One of the Claires™ is pictured here. |
Marianne Dolan
Nadia Rahman
Steven Tang
Greg Justice