We Made It!!

OH MY LORD, that is one long flight.





The weirdest thing of all was that the sun never went down. It completly fried my sense of time. We also didn't sleep much at all. All in all, though, not a bad flight. Should you ever find yourself with too much money, though, check out the first class seating on the Boeing 777. Ridiculous. If I could have physically taken one of those seats I would have. But I still have a strict policy of behaving on planes. Trying to avoid that whole "Please come with me, sir." thing. But we arrived! We were picked up at the airport, and despite going on no sleep at all, were taken directly to Plus Language School. Luckily, we got to meet some of the other English teachers. They have been incredible. They invited us over to one of their apartments where we got to meet some folks, make a few very brief phone calls, and thngs like that. Then we went home and passed out.

The next morning we came to the realization that we had forgotten one of our bags at the airport. I know, I know, it seems kind of stupid to forget a huge blue bag, but to be honest I wasn't sure I knew my name after about 48 hours with no sleep and very little food...


ANYWAY, after some more help from our wonderful friends I managed to catch a bus to the airport and get the luggage home. Which is good, since Jen seems to think she needs more than 2 outfits...



So here's what I've gathered about Korea so far.

• These folks are not as short as I was led to belive. I was expecting to tower over them... after hanging out with so many freaking people clearing 6ft I thought I was FINALLY going to be among the tallest...



• Seoul is amazingly clean. Smoking is pretty popular, and I can't find a single butt searching for one.



• Liquor is not popular. I mean, these folks drink. A LOT. But they drink Soju (a vodka-ish 40 proof drink. Not to bad) along with beer and wine. But guess who hit up the duty free shop...

(Sorry, can't figure out how to adjust pics here yet.)

• They are not ready to hitchhike the galaxy. We had to search EVERYWHERE to find a freaking full sized towel. Apparently, they manage to do just fine with a tiny dishtowel and some can-do attitude. Not my fat ass.

I'm not feeling particularly witty at the moment. So to make this blog worth reading I'm just going to go with some pictures...

This is the view from our front porch/balcony/laundry room...

And this is my beautiful wife with no sleep and dishes to do. I'm such a great husband.

And here we have our first meal in our new home. FYI: the hot dogs and milk taste funny. But the Coke tastes fine.

There's a ton more to share, but that'll have to wait. Tomorrow we start our actual job, so wish us luck.

And I promise, the next blog will be funnier.