Day 5 of teaching. So far so good!!! Out of all 16 classes at Camp Korea it seems as if Laura has the most challenging bunch. All and all it is not that bad. We have met and work with a lot of qreat and athletic people. We play basketball or frisbee everynight and if there is an off night and we don't play a sport, everyone goes to the gym. We are teaching in a little town (well little for Korea = million people) south west of Soeul called Jochiwan. There is a cool market where you can get all the fish, spices or chicken feet you want. Laura and I share a room that has three bunk-bed like beds, however there was enough room to put two mattresses on the floor to make a king size bed. We get three square meals a day in the cafe and every meal is served with kim chi, which is spicy cabbage. This weekend Laura and I are heading to some hot springs to get away from the campus.
Learning English is fun, Camp Korea is number 1!! (our camp motto)
First, this is my second attempt at doing this entry as I can not read Korean and it has caused some difficulties....
So, adam and I have clearly made it to Korea. Everything was fine. We are currently at the University that we will be teaching at. We spent the our first day here roaming the streets to Seoul. The picture above is of the pallace we visited. This is a photo of the changing of the guards. It was neat, but SO hot walking around. I have been sweating my butt off for the last 3 days of my life.....
After the pallace we decided to go to an area of town called Insadong. It is the cultural area of town. We decided to eat at a restaurant where a lot of business men were eating, assuming the food was good. Well, it probably is IF you know how to order. We had to point at pictures to order. I thought I was getting a salad, and Adam thought he got a meat stir fry. When Adam's meal came, I seriously thought it was going to eat him. I think it was fish brain. It was hilarious. The look on his face was awesome. We have a picture however due to the Korean set up of the computer, I don't know how to put more than one picture on the blog. I will try to add it below. I made good fun of Adam for his meal and thought he would be having meal envy. However, when my meal came I was sadly mistaken. It was chunks of raw fish on lettuce. Needless to say we didn't eat much (at all really) and rushed out of the restaurant. Our waitress was bowing and looking very apologetic when we left, howver I have NO idea what she was saying.
Anyway, don't worry parents we have been eating. We then went to a market after, however again due to not being able to read signs, we didn't go to the BIG market in the city, we ended up at a shoe market and were wondering what all the hype was about with this BIG market. Sadly, we went to the wrong place however we were right next to the big one.
So, that is our experiences so far. Things are great and we are looking forward to starting to teach. I know think that instead of us teaching the kids english, they need to be teaching us Korean......
Well, our flight is in less than 12 hours and we have now officially said goodbye to everyone and have begun our adventure. This picture is us in our hotel the night before our flight. We are clearly stewing in the room, and also wanted to practice uploading pictures......
Thanks to everyone for helping us prepare for our trip and for all the wonderful goodbyes. We will miss all of you and will be in touch. Korea..............here we come!
