Some of our interns are finishing their internship and going back to their countries. At Acopia, we decided to have a pizza party this time to say goodbye to them! Thank you for doing your internship with us and we hope Acopia helped you to gain professional experience working for an NGO, to learn about other cultures and about Korea.
Read MoreWe (Acopia interns) were a morning at the DMZ. It was a good experience to learn more about Korean culture. We saw the South Korean and North Korean border, tunnels dug during the war (1950-1953), ... It is also very moving to see the number of people wanting reunification and peace between these two countries.
Read MoreToday we held our first Reading Club meeting, where we talked about Jen Sincero's motivational book "You are a badass". We shared the thoughts that we had while reading the book and some quotes that we really liked. Then we also decided to talk about how we handle hard situations and what we do in order to get through them. It was also a very good opportunity for us to have some cultural exchange as all of the participants came from different countries.
Read MoreYesterday, we discovered the popular Korean dishes called Tteokbokki and Kimbap.
Read MoreLast Friday Gaelle Larvor visited Acopia Cafe to introduce her work in South Korea. She is an Assistant Director at Korea Boardgames since 2015.
Read MoreToday two representatives from Yeungjin College in Daegu came to Acopia Cafeto to present their foreign student’s program and scholarship program.
They prepared a presentation video and introduced us to the different scholarship
and tuition waiver programs.
It is a really good opportunity for foreign students to study and stay for free in Korea.
Everyone was very interested in their program and we thank them a lot for coming all the way up to Seoul from Daegu.
Read MoreOur lovely Acopia Interns from all over the world have been on a 2 days trip to Busan. During this short trip to Busan, our Acopia interns had the chance to discover the city, the food and enjoy the Sand Festival.
Read MoreThis week we say goodbye to one of our interns: Wina.
She will miss us a lot. It was a pleasure to work on these sides. I hope we will have the opportunity to see her again.
Today one of our customers brought us some flowers so we could make bouquets! So we had a flower bouquet workshop, each of our interns made their own bouquet ^^In our café we can do a lot of different and interesting activities. Today we had much fun!
Read MoreToday we visited Hongik University to promote Acopia Cafe as a rental place~We put our poster on the wall of the Entrance Building.
Read MoreOne of the best things about Acopia Café is its location: in Hongdae, one of the most youthful and vibrant areas of Seoul! Living and working in Hongdae allows us, interns, to eat a lot of delicious food, as it is an area with so many restaurants! In this new post about Life in Korea, I will show you some of the best foods I have tried since I started my internship in Seoul.
Read MoreToday students from Incheon came to make a presentation about Korean Delivery.
Read MoreDo you like sweet food? You never skip your dessert after having a meal? Neither we do! So today we are bringing to you some photos of the desserts we have had in Hongdae area during our internship period! In Hongdae, you can find everything you imagine~Are you craving some ice cream? You can have it in Hongdae!
Read MoreAcopia Cafe is now available as a renting place for you meetings, workshops, exhibition,or any kind of event~Acopia Cafe can welcome up to 20 people and the price is only 12,000won(or 10,000won for students) for 1 hour it is conveniently located in Hongdae near exit 2 and has good facilities(free wifi, video projector, Bluetooth speaker etc...)You can also bring food from outside and order delivery!
Read MoreLast week was a very animated, some interns finished their internship and others were celebrating their birthday.
Read MoreToday, we (Aurelie and Alexandra) visited Ewha Woman’s University (이화여자대학교). First we went to the Multicultural Institute in the학관 building.
Read MoreThis week we welcome a new French intern: Aissatou
This is her first time in South Korea and we are happy to have her on our team. For you, she agreed to answer some questions about her first impression in Korea
