I began take interest in South Korea, like many, after watching Korean films. For the first time I saw South Korea in the cinema and I wanted to see personally whether the good, responsive characters and their sincere emotions at the cinema are similar to the real people from South Korea. I started learning Korean on my own and went to my first travel to South Korea — Seoul 9 years ago. It was very unusual, because films and real life are usually very different, directors usually embellish their characters, but my impressions of South Korea and the peoples of Seoul surpassed all my expectations! People were as responsive as in the movies. I was helped more than once and even returned forgotten things. Most of all in South Korea I liked people, it is very pleasant to communicate with. Then, on my first travel, I decided that I wanted to continue learning Korean and become more acquainted with the cultural characteristics of Korea. After this important journey for me, I returned to Korea almost every year. It is so surprising that in a fairly small area of ​​the earth, we managed to preserve such a multitude of historically and culturally important objects. When I was in the city of Gyeongju, I think I even felt the special atmosphere of this place and understood how important it is in historical terms. Gradually learning Korean language, I had new goals and new opportunities, my far from ideal knowledge of the language has already helped me in my work, helped me to visit new places and meet wonderful people, acquaintance with whom would have been impossible without learning the language. Learning Korean language for me is like a way to open up an unknown part of our amazing huge world. # MyInspiration # Motivation # italkiLanguageChallenge