After a very long flight and a lot of waiting around we finally arrived in Gimhae, South Korea. Fortunately we were met by Amber & Craze which was lovely and the director of our school turned up about half an hour later.
At the moment we have a traditional Korean house in the mountains which wasn't quite what we were expecting! It has lots of advantages- beautiful views, a 'healing room' with a hot stone floor and at the weekends a Korean woman comes to cook traditional Korean food for us. However it is a forty minute drive from our school and we are entirely dependant on the director of our school transporting us around which is pretty lame. We have kicked up a bit of a fuss and hopefully this will change asap. Also, we dont have a bed. Lame.
At the weekend we spent time checking out the local area which involved climbing a mountain and stumbling across a Buddhist shrine. It really is stunning here- the mountains create a very dramatic background and they are covered with dense layers of trees. It really is quite magical.
We have already sampled some of the Korean cuisine though we couldnt tell you what it was. Our fridge is full of the sweetest largest fruits we have ever seen and lots of crazy looking things that may have once been living. We are also making an attempt at the language- we have already mastered 'Hello' and 'Thank you.'
Yesterday our orientation at our school started. The other teachers seem lovely and very friendly and we have been made to feel very welcome. Today we took our first classes but we were allowed to do it together as it was a practice run. The kindergarten kids all have ADHD so we need to think of some ways of holding their attention. We have already made some friends in the city and had lunch and coffee with people yesterday and today. Everyone seems to look out for each other here, there is a really good community spirit.
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