I'm Finally Here!

After a 14 hour flight starting in Rochester, N.Y., I've safely arrived in Seoul, South Korea for ten days of training at the language institute headquarters. There are about 30 teachers from the United States, Great Britain, South Africa and Australia all preparing for life in Korea and for the hundreds of students that will soon call us "teacher."

The first couple days have been interesting, but not particularly "foreign." We have of course met a few Koreans, but I'm still surrounded by Americans and Brits most of the time. Apart from the accents, it feels like I'm basically at home.

We've already started discovering the MANY stores that are basically everywhere. In "theory" I can purchase almost everything that I would normally in America, but am going to have a bit of trouble finding reasonably priced clothing in my size (I'm 5'10). It's out there, I just need to explore.-- Something I'm looking forward to.

I believe this is the "Honeymoon Stage" of culture shock in which I feel like it's not really that different from home and I'm on a "high" of being in a new place.

My internet availability is going to be sketchy until I'm peramently placed at a school. But, I'll try to post more photos soon.