Arrival

Ok, so this is it. I'm here! I'm actually living and teaching in a foreign country. I still wake up every morning, look outside, and get that weird feeling of being somewhere foreign and coming to the realization of where I am. Korea is wonderful. I'll try not to use ambiguous words such as amazing, incredible, and great since they do not aptly describe my experiences here. But that is often the case.

I've actually been here for a little more than a week, so I'll try to recount the main events since then. I arrived at the Seoul/Incheon airport at 5:25pm, grabbed my luggage, went through customs, and called my boss. Exchanging money was easy. 40 minute bus ride = $2. It's funny how exhaustion affects how you view the world. Like being there, but not really. The rolling mountains in the background reminded me of Tuscany in the summer time.

At 11PM I found myself in a supermarket of sorts desperately trying to keep up with a Korean man whom I just met. I made my first official purchase: bed sheets, blanket, pillow, pillowcase. That's all I needed and that's all I wanted.