First 2 Weeks in Korea!

Well, we made it to Korea. So far we are loving our little city. Our place is awesome and is so close to downtown. There is a place called walking street that is right across from us. It is full of shops and places to eat and is a lot of fun. Every 5 days there is an outdoor market there that is amazing. When we got here it snowed for a couple of days, which we did not expect at all. We are liking our school a lot and the kids are great. Some of them can be a bit crazy at times, but by the time we teach them they have already been at school for 6-8 hours... so it's ok. We find by the end of the day we are speaking very slowly to each other like we would to our kids. It's kind of funny. Our roomate Sophie is great and we like our appartment a lot. We bought some awesome matching Korean bikes and have been riding them everywhere day and night. We are having a lot of fun just taking everything in. Juli is mostly teaching young kids - I have a range from really young to adults. Starting next week I will be tutoring a plant manager for an electronics company which I'm a bit nervous about. We did our health tests and everything - it seemed to go ok, but then I got a call from our principal. All he said was "The doctor called and said there is a problem with your left heart. We have to get more tests done." His english is not amazing so we have no idea what that means. I'm sure it is no big deal. This weekend we are staying around Icheon, and next weekend we plan on venturing into Seoul. We are having a blast! I hope you enjoy the photos.




some of our students







we pass these women every day, rain or shine. in the rain they cover themselves in plastic.


a night out with our roomate sophie and some new friends. this was at a place called music bar where you can request ANY song and they will find it somehow and play it. it is pretty cool!


walking street (across from our place) during a snowy night

this is a picture taken from our window so you can see how close the outdoor market is.

found right next to our place. i think there must be some sort of buddhist people opening a store there, but it is still a little weird to walk outside and see a giant swastika.


im pretty sure this was some sort of fried or dried skin of a pigs head. i love that they drew eyes on it. found at the outdoor market.

rita and dennis who we replaced, and our roomate sophie, out for lunch.

pictures from the outdoor market right across the street from our place











this guy posed for us in the outdoor market. he then demanded that we print the photo for him and give it to him 5 days from now when the market is back!




pictures of our school and our office. all the teachers have one big office together. this is just the top floor of our school, there is another floor under this one.




some stuff found in the market by our house. every 5 days there is an outdoor market right across the street from our house.



a buddist guy selling some cool stuff

some crazy restaurant




our kitchen and living room, and our bikes in our "clothes drying room"




our bedroom and bathroom/show combo. the only crappy thing is the wallpaper that is coming off the wall. we need some art or something to cover it up!

juli on her bike on one of our rides. we go everywhere on these things!

arcades like this are found in random alleys

a bike i was going to buy but didn't. that little thing on the wheel can be pushed against the tire. when the tire spins it makes the light go on. it is pretty awesome.

our building - the entrance is between the red and blue signs. our place is above the shops.


free kimbap (like sushi kindof) from the nice lady at orange. also, some CRAZY spicy dish that i got by accident, and juli is eating a dish we call beef awesomeness. so far it is our favorite.

juli in her new $4 hoodie

our favorite place to eat. we just call it "orange". one of my students helped translate a menu for us so we know what we are ordering! we go here a lot because of that.

our new matching bikes!



dunkin donuts in korea is actually a really nice coffee shop with 2 floors!