Well after a mad day running around Seattle to get my passport and visa together (again!) I was on a plane Wed at 1:30 to get myself to Korea as fast as possible. The flight was pretty simple, I just read and slept. We landed early in Tokyo where I went and ate some GREAT sushi... what a concept. Sushi at the airport! YUMMY! The weirdest thing by far was the the number of people wearing medical masks... it was so weird. def made me realize that I was in Asia. That and omg the uniforms worn by Asain stewardess are soo awesome and fashionable! I would wear them for a day! After Toyko I arrived Thurs night at 8:30 in SEOUL, whre I meet up with Beks and Eunjung and we took a us bakc into the city. After arriving at our hotel (where we have been placed until today, monday, in order to make sure we dont have swine fu and infect the other teachers and kids) Beks and I walked around the main street and stopped and got some food... at 11:30! Things are open soo late here its crazy.
We had this chicken soup thing and some great little side dishes.. I ATE KIMCHI! haha, it definitely made me realize that I am actually here. My knowledge of korean is really quite small but it is nice that I can at least say hi, thanks and goodbye. Better than nothing!
Yesterday or Sunday, Beka took me to this cute little cafe were we had waffles and coffee for $60. Things are so cheap here it is crazy. We stayed there for awhile then went and hit up the mall. Now that was an experience. People generally stare as they walk by but at the mall, the workers followed us. Really creepy. Anyways we wen there and bought some umbrellas as it had rained a bit that morning and we explored the 10 stories that the mall held. Then Beka walked me to our school and our apt to point them out. Them we got lost! We started walking around, just looking at stores and street food vendors and ended up somewhere completely else. It was actually kinda fun getting lost and finding out way back. We keep trying to find a map of our area but to no luck!
Later that day we meet up with Eunjung applied for my cell phone and went out to dinner. OMG we had some AMAZING Korean food. Three dishes (a rice cake-sauce thing, kimbop, a egg-rice dish, dumplings and side dishes all for about $10! It was crazy. Beks and I soon after retired back to the hotel and passed out for the night.
OMG people. Coke here is the same as in the States... kinda sad about that. No new info for my "book".
Today I am off to the hospital for my health check and we move into the apt today! Very excited.
Miss you all dearly and hope all is well back home. Will update and post pic either later tonight or tom after our first day of work!!!
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Glad everything got worked out for you. I can't lie, I am more than just a bit jealous! Have a great time. Good luck making the world a better place, and if you have some time, do my part to save the planet as well.
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