Monday, August 25, 2008

We have arrived!

Hi all.

I just figured out that I get the internet in the apt. However, I can't plug in my computer to anything so it will probably die soon. Anyways, we are here. We got in at about 5:00 pm (korea time, 4:00 AM your time). My sweet brother met us at the airport and gave us some korean money and subway passes, and bought us coffee and made sure we got to the correct meet up place.
They told us that we will be going to orientation next week (Aug 31st - Sept 4th ?). They took us on a large bus to go meet our co-teachers at our school and then to our apartment. Our apt is AWESOME! Its really big...and it has an oven! I will send pictures of it later but just to give you an idea of how cool it is, there is a closet that takes up an entire wall in our bedroom, ceiling to floor. I know at least the girls can appreciate that. It has one bedroom, a big living room w/ kitchen a good sized bathroom and a big office. Plus we have a GREAT deck off the back (we are on the 4th floor). We are living in what is considered the international district in Iteawon (sp?), a province of Seoul. My school is in this same province and about a 10 - 15 minute walk from the house. Toby's school is in another district. He has to take the subway to school and we aren't sure how long it will take him to get there yet. He has to be at his school at 9:30 today for a meeting!! My teacher is picking me up at my house at 10:30 to go to school. I'm not sure what I will be doing today and neither is toby, but our co-teachers seemed really nice.