Well here we are... about to start our second week here in Busan. Before I talk about what will happen next week, let me back up and tell you about our adventure so far.
Our flight from Seattle to Seoul was delayed by an hour and this worried us because we already only had 2.5 hours to get our luggage, go through customs, find a bus to take us to another airport about a half hour away and then re-check our luggage and find our terminal. Well CRAP.. the flight was already going to be an hour late. But we just said "oh well, everything will work out and it will be a part of the experience!"
The flight to Seoul was on Asiana Air and it was GREAT! They served lots of great food and beer and wine every few hours. The flight attendants were beautiful and very kind. We both slept well and Bobby even got to play some street fighter 2! When we arrived in Seoul we were well rested, our bellies were full, and we were on to our next mission: to get to the other airport.
Of course our bags were the last ones off of the plane and the line to get through customs was huge... but we found a bus right away and were on our way to Gimbo Airport in Seoul. We found where asaina air was at the airport and we were five minuets to late to board =(. We decided after a while that we would get a hotel room nearby and catch the first flight to Busan in the morning. We ended up staying at the Amigo Motel that is close to the airport...we quickly found out this was one of the many "LOVE HOTELS" in Korea that you can rent by the hour...they even gave us condoms when we checked in. Once again, we took this is as being all about the experience of moving to Korea.
Monday June 25th around 9am we landed in BUSAN! The sun was shinning and we were lost in the airport with 240 lbs of luggage. Finally we found two Koreans (whom we work for) that were there to pick us up. There was a long line of taxi's outside, we chose one and were on our to our apartment to drop off our luggage, then lunch, then to the school to meet our coworkers and students. When we got to our apartment there was nothing in it and we quickly found out we had to stay here with nothing until the people whom we were replacing left in a week. They gave us a bowl, a cup and a blanket to tide us over until the other couple left (we are still sleeping on the ground).
I was very impressed with the school. It is very well-kept and the kids are the cutest things I've ever seen. Bobby quickly became Robert Teacher, which then quickly became ROBOT TEACHER!! They are still calling him that. Luckily, I am simply Jestine Teacher.
Since our first day, we have been observing classes and soaking up as much information as we can during the day. At night, we have been seeing some of what Busan has to offer: awesome food, a brilliant public transit system, cheap Korean drinks (subpar beer, Soju which is more or less like a watered down vodka, and macaulay a carbonated milky alcoholic beverage), and most important of all the unparalleled friendliness of pretty much everyone we have encountered. On our days off we have been able to explore and discover our surroundings, travel the short distance to Haeundae beach, and sleep off our insanely late nights.
Nothing is perfect, but we feel pretty damn lucky for how smooth, fun, and eye-opening our transition has been these last few days.
Coming soon, we will post some of the things find amusing here, as well as pictures of the school and the children and a video of our finished apartment.
건배!
CHEERS.
J&B
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