I Made It!

Hi Everyone,

Well, I made it to Seoul late last night. After two long flights, the first one I was sitting at the back of the plane, next to the bathroom, in the aisle seat. Not awesome, by any means. Anyhow, I watched 3 movies on the flight from SFO to Tokyo, Funny People, State of Play, and 500 days of Summer. All of which weren't bad. I didn't sleep as much as I would have liked on the flight to Tokyo, but I did sleep on the shorter flight to Seoul, so that was good. I had this fear the entire time I was on the flight that no one was going to fetch me from the airport.

Luckily there was a taxi driver waiting for me. He didn't say two words to me, but that was fine. I arrived at 10 p.m. and it took about 45 minutes to get to my apartment. The driver had a large GPS with an antenna on it, after a while he changed the GPS to TV mode. So we watched tv as he drove me to my apartment. I thought to myself, hmmmm....we're not even allowed to talk on the phone while driving, and here you can watch t.v. while you drive....yeah, I feel safe!

When we finally arrived at my new home, I met with a guy that works at the school. He showed me to my apartment and told me that he would pick me up at 10:30 a.m. to take me to the school to observe for the day. I was more than surprised that I would be jumping right in. I wanted at least a couple of days to adjust, but I went with it. I woke up this morning at 7 a.m. and tried to unpack a little bit, then I watched some movies I had brought with me. Before I knew it, it was time to go to the school.

The school is about a 15 minute walk from my apartment. When I left this morning, I remember thinking, its not that cold, and I thought that it was going to snow. While I was going through the orientation packet, it began to snow outside, and it looked beautiful. It didn't last that long, and there isn't any snow on the ground. But it is really chilly!

I observed a bunch of classes today and met a lot of the teachers. Everyone is really nice and I can already tell that this is going to be a fun year.

I will keep you posted on the haps, and I'll post some pictures and videos soon, I'm just too tired right now. I miss you all and I can't wait to talk to you! Skype me anytime, I'm 17 hours ahead of you! Love you!