Finally made it!

After many a trial and tribulation-- diving through bureaucratic hoops, and a rather painful 18-hour flight, I have finally arrived in Korea. (Hooray, go me!) Now I'll try and figure out what all the fuss was about at IU.

My first stop was Incheon/Seoul to hang with Brian. That wasn't so hard since my plane landed in Incheon. I got there, spent 20 minutes puttering around trying to figure out what to do (and being impressed by how much you could buy there-- practically anything you need can be bought here). Then after dropping my bags off at a sa-WEET room in an Incheon guest house, Brian and I went off to Seoul to see his campus.

It was there that I determined that I need to be more discerning about what I eat. I decided I would try green tea ice cream. Why not? I love green tea, I love ice cream. What could possibly go wrong? Well, dear reader, this is what could and did go wrong. It was awful. The best way I could describe it is as follows: imagine someone taking a jar of spinach baby food, mixing it with a jar of yam baby food, freezing the product and selling it for 3000 KRW... that was my ice cream treat. Brian paid 900 KRW for a Popsicle that he thoroughly enjoyed.

Having learned my lesson, when I got back to the guest house, I promptly bought a rice somethingorother and a can of "Pine bud Drink." I lucked out though, they were both AWESOME.

The next day I set out on a trek for my final destination which took hours and hours... for all you kids at home with a map of Korea, I had to make my way by bus and cab from Incheon to Bucheon and then meet with a contact there who drove me down to Hong Seong with many stops on the way. And one part where we got lost.

Nevertheless, I am thoroughly enjoying HongSeong, it seems like my kind of town. (Think a safe Merrillville). I started today at DaeJeong Elementary school today and it was awesome. It's a very small school but I like that. However, since it is such a small school I have been given a second location somewhere in HongSeong. That doesn't really bother me-- an extra 100,000 KRW a month and I'll be doing the same thing. Soon I'll be a Korean millionaire! (Please don't check the exchange rate...)

Anyway, things seem to be shaping up quite nicely... found some bodyweight workouts so I don't have to blow 100,000 KRW a month just to work out. (plus bodyweight workouts work best when there's a lot of weight to work with, amiright?)

More pictures to come as I progress and think of more things to spew up on this poor innocent little blog. Until then, good night and please tip your waitresses.