We have landed!! After an extremely
long 13 hours of flying (12 of them straight from Seattle to Seoul) we were
more than ready to get off the plane!! We
were able to get through customs and immigration, get all of our suitcases, exchange
our money and find our driver pretty quickly.
The school had hired a driver to take us from the airport to our
apartment (about another 40 minutes of sitting!) where we met up with one of
the other teachers at the school. He
also drove us around the neighborhood a bit last night and is coming to help us
get around again today.
We also saw the school last
night. They are in the process of
changing buildings so they are not completely set up yet but it looks like it
will be a nice place. We start right in
Monday morning so we will see how it all goes!
We were expecting our apartment to
be small, and it sure is! Americans
definitely do not come to Korea for a good sized apartment! There is a small refrigerator/freezer and the
kitchen consists of 2 burners and a sink.
A very small washer sits underneath the stove just like where an oven
would be at home. There is also a communal
dryer across the hall. The shower head
hangs on the wall in the bathroom with no real confined area to be the shower
so that is the one thing we are still figuring out! However, the apartment building seems to be in
a nice, quiet neighborhood, the building was quiet last night and as you can
see by the picture below we have a pretty nice view of the Han River from our
window. There is also a walking/biking
trail that goes along the river through the entire city of Seoul. Once we get everything unpacked and in place
we think we can make it a pretty nice place to call home- our first together!
Today we plan to do some shopping
for the apartment and possibly explore a little through the city or walk along
the Han River. There is no doubt it is
going to take some adjustment but we are hopeful that will come quickly. We are very grateful for all of your thought
and prayers and will keep you posted as our first days here begin!
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