So a lot has already happened. Kate and I flew from Detroit to Phoenix to L.A. to Seoul early Thursday morning. We arrived in Seoul around 6:10pm on Friday (There is a +13hr time difference). Then we checked into our hotel, Skyped and went to bed.


The next morning, we had an American breakfast and were picked up and taken to the i-Sponge headquarters for 6 hours of training. This was very boring and annoying because it was all stuff we already in Teacher's Ed, except for the books we will be using, but you get the idea.


We breaked for lunch and this was our first real Korean food experience. When we stepped into the restaurant, we had to take off our shoes and sit on the floor. We were served kimchi chigae which is a soup made of kimchi (spicy fermented cabbage, think spicy sauerkraut) as well as lots of sides (rice, kimchi, garlic, onions, greens, cooked pork, etc.). The main meal consisted of the soup and taking a lettuce leaf, stuffing it with meat, rice and whatever else you wanted, rolling it up and shoving the entire thing in your mouth at once. It was weird and awkward but surprisingly good.


After training, Kate and I were taking to the airport and we flew to Yeosu where we greeted by Jasmine, our boss, and two current English teachers from another school in South Korea (both from England- John and Rhia). They seem very nice and I hope we see more of them. We all went to Kate's and my aparments and unloaded then stopped by the school we will work in and then took off for dinner. We had all of the same sides plus seafood soup which is cold and the watery "broth" is very sweet like candy. The kimchi chigae was served in much smalled portions this time and the main meat was cooked on a barbecue in the center of our small table. It is called gobi and I believe that was pork too. It was delicious and it could be eaten on it's own, or in a leaf like with our lunch. After dinner, John and Rhia took us to the String Bar. Not long after arriving, we headed home (just a quick 5 min. drive) to sleep.