Korea in a nutshell

Korea has been wonderful so far. Everyone, not just the students are very friendly and eager to learn english.  My job was a little difficult at first, but after learning how to talk to the kids and realizing that just having fun with them is a big part of making class fun for everyone, I now feel like a natural.

My jet lag was horrible, it lasted about 2 weeks. I always had trouble sleeping at night. The food here is not what I expected.  I was thinking it would be more like Chinese food, but it is not. It is very spicy with lots of uncooked vegetables. Meals are often cooked on the table with many side dishes and soups are very common. Meals are very healthy, spicy and inexpensive.

My apartment is nice. Most all the heating in Korea is done by heating water in the floor. It takes longer to heat up, but once it does you can turn it off and it last all night. Next door to me lives Mike, one of my American co-workers. The only thing between my apartment and my school is a beautiful park that is quite a pleasure to ride my bike through.

I have enjoyed not having a car for once in my life. Public transportation is very inexpensive and well organized. I have become quite the city boy!

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