Safe and Sound in Incheon

Hey All!

Well after a long and stressful series of travels I made it safe and sound to Incheon, Korea. To make a long story short, the attendants in Houston did not check my baggage all the way through to Incheon, they only checked them through L.A....go figure. And of course, I only had an hour and a half from the time I landed in L.A. until the time my flight to Korea took off, so I was running through LAX with a sixty-five pound duffle, 2 carry on bags and a guitar just praying they would let me check in to an international flight with less than an hour to go. Well, apparently prayer works and before I knew it, I was on a plane. On the plane I caught up on all the movies i missed this summer and had my first experience with seaweed soup! Oh, I also had Bim bim bap...yeah I dunno what that is either, but I consumed it with a glass of red wine and a smile. Thirteen hours later, I was in Korea...

It is great here. I will live in the Seoul/Incheon metroplex which is home to about 15 million people, so there will never be a shortage of things to do. The people at the school are great and I have been training to teach English for the past week, I start in the classroom on wed! They kinda just like to throw us in there and ask us to simply do our best. My classes will consist of less than ten student, each of which has had at least a year or two of English instruction, but I also have some slightly more advanced classes(the A.P. classes are going to be taught by a couple who are certified to teach ESL/EFL). I am sorta nervous so keep me in your thoughts and prayers this week. My co-American teachers are really nice and I have enjoyed getting to know them this week, and there is an English service at a nearby church that most of the foreign teachers attend! I am excited to go tomorrow. That is basically the extent of my trip so far, I have been trying out some crazy food, going exploring in the city, and getting to know those at the school. My new foods include: seaweed soup, bim bim bap, kim chi, galbi, squid with blood curry sauce, and countless others. Next on the to-do-list, Indoor skiing(tigerworld is a ten min. walk), visiting the nightlife in Seoul, and starting my year as a teacher! I am so excited about this year, but I do already miss my friends and family with all my heart...please stay in contact! Well that is it for this entry, I am new to this whole blogging thing, so hopefully It is good, lol. I will post some pics and send out a link to all, when I update the site. Until next time,

With Love,
Dittoe