we've arrived!

and this will have to be short, as we're relying on the stolen wireless as our source of hotel internet connection. but yes, we've arrived! and it was a long journey, that took us 20 hours + and jumped us 14 hours into the future, but it was relatively painless and hassle-free. by the time we got here we were exhausted, disoriented, cranky, and smelled like airplanes. we ended up sleeping for nearly 12 hours to compensate for the jetlag, and even had to go into school today already to do some class observations. it's been a busy first 24 hours! however, it was nice to meet the other foreign teachers, as it turns out there are very few foreigners in our town. (we also discovered that we're not even actually IN the town we thought, but rather outside of it.) mark and i went out to dinner with two of our new teacher friends, which is helpful considering we have no idea where anything is, or how to order food. it was great to get a substantial meal in our bellies after a day of eating crappy plane food, followed by mystery meat+pea sandwiches provided for us last night by our director. actually, come to think of it, i didn't even brave a sandwich - but i smelled one!

things are very different here, as expected (!), and i know it will all take some getting used to. we're going for medical examinations tomorrow, and we'll be able to move into our apartment by this time next week, as the teachers we're replacing (who are training us) will be going home to new zealand. all in all, things are going well, and there are english channels on the tv (can i complain when i can blog and simultaneously watch project runway?). i'm looking forward to exploring more, and hopefully heading into seoul by the weekend. it'll be nice to meet up with friends, and see some faces from home! once we get our own internet set up, and arrange our cellphones we'll be much more connected. it still feels surreal that we're here! missing you all at home already xoxo