Moved In!

Well, we have moved into our actual apartment! It is basically one large room with a small kitchenett and bathroom. It's not a lot of room but we are happy with it. What's really nice is that it has a washing machine! Thank god we don't have to go searching for a laundry mat. Another nice aspect is being in the same apartment complex as most of the other teachers. This makes getting together really convenient.

Ian started teaching on Monday and had a pretty successful first day. He said the younger students (around 8-10 year olds) are all very eager to learn and participate. The teenagers, on the other hand, aren't as vocal and take a lot more coaxing. I started teaching today. My first class has about 12 ten year olds. They are all really cute but a little more shy. But once you get them relaxed they are a lot more willing to participate. For the next five weeks Ian and I are going to have different working schedules. He works at night and I work in the morning. That has taken some time getting used to but we are just happy to have jobs!

We haven't seen too much of the Korean night life yet. We went to a bar last Saturday with some of the other teachers. It was fun but since we left too late we ended up at a "Foreign Bar." This is basically a bar for all the Americans who are teaching english. I must say it was really suprising walking in and seeing so many people that looked like us! Fortunately, we are in between two universities, so finding a restaurant and or a bar is very easy.

Earlier today we were able to buy a bed! This may not sound too exciting but after sleeping on floor mats for close to a week we are very excited! Unfortunately, we don't have sheets or blankets yet. But those will come soon (hopefully)! We were also able to buy a few items (lamp, t.v, pots) from the girl who lived in our apartment previously. It will probably take a couple of weeks to actually set up our apartment since we don't know where to buy anything!

That's the news from Seodaemun-gu! We will post pictures of the apartment later tonight.