Es fängt schon an

Well, I made it to South Korea. The flight was extremely long - naturally. I arrived and took a taxi from Incheon to Yongin, where I was greeted by a school employee who showed me my apartment. The next day I went to the school and observed the kindergarten teacher who I've replaced and found out that I was to begin teaching the next day. I wasn't expecting that but considering the fact that I only have four students in that class, it was not bad. The kids are well behaved and have great English skills. I am also teaching four other classes of elementary students with a heavy focus on writing and grammar.

I went out with my coworkers one night and then went to a Thanksgiving party on Friday. This past weekend, I journeyed to Seoul for the first time to meet some friends. I had an awesome time and despite being a little intimidated by the subway system, made it there and back in one piece by myself. I really like it here - the city life is an amazing change for me. Living alone is also nice. I don't do much during the week after work, so far, but the weekends will be great. The food here is really good; the only thing I didn't like was dried squid. It smelled (and tasted) rancid.


I have a feeling that I won't be updating this blog too often, as I post most of my pictures and video to facebook. However, I will try to summarize my weeks here and take a look at the bigger picture as opposed to the day-to-day material that I post on facebook.

In sum, it has been a lot to take in in a very short time, but I am genuinely enjoying it here. More to come...