Saturday, March 8, 2008

Getting Settled in

Hey all,
So I a settled in my new apartment which is about 2 blocks from school. So I will essentially sleep walk to school. My school is nice and most speak english there which is good. Unfortunately I found out I am not just teaching english, I am also teaching math, and science WHILE teaching english to 4-6 year old really cute Korean kids. This should be fun.

I have explored a little of the city and saw what is supposed to be one of the largest indoor amusement parks in the world, called Lotte World. It is located in a mall that is like a giant maze. The mall runs under the streets, and is also attached to several buildings. You can enter through the building or walk down steps like your going into a subway. It was huge. I also visited the foreign part of town which consists of a bunch of American type bars. I went with some of my teachers who are locals and they didn't like it. In Korea typically you go out and eat and drink and it is a little calmer. Next I'll get to experience a Korean bar with them.

For now I am getting settled, trying to pick up on a few words here and there and just adjusting to being in a huge city. People are very friendly here and always helpful. For a big city it is surprisingly very safe, atleast in the part I live in. Anyway hope you all are doing well!! Here are some pics and video of my apartment. More pics are coming.......

Apartment Video and City Pics


-Luis

1 comment:

Andrea, Joany and Buddy said...

Hey Luis,
Its Andrea from Chile. What made you decide to do Korea. This is so cool. I hope you like it there and are having a great time. Good luck more than I can tell you and you will be in my thoughts.

Andrea