OK we made it!! We've only been here for a couple of days and already have so much to talk about. Starting with the flight... what a mess. United Airlines at the SD airport was a wreck but me we made it through to San Francisco and hopped on an international flight straight to Incheon. As we were waiting we ended up asking if there was any way to get our seats together and luckily right before we boarded, they were able to accommodate us. We ended up getting a seat in the emergency isle which turned out to be the best thing that could happen on an 11 hour flight. We had so much leg room, didn't have to bother anyone if we wanted to get up and ended up making friends with the flight attendants, which let me tell you makes all the difference in the world on a long flight.
They showed 5ish movies and we kept falling asleep in an out between each one. There weren't any plugs for our computers so we were kind of stressing out as to what we would do for such a long period of time but sleeping and eating ended up being the answer. I think they served 4 meals? snacks and a constant flow of beverages.
Once we got to the airport, it took a while to pass through baggage claim, immigration & customs but it wasn't necessarily difficult. Luckily, currency exchange places were everywhere at the airport and had a GREAT exchange rate. [Exchange as much as you can at the airport so you don't have to worry about it later during the trip.] We were then greeted by Mr. Kim. Ohhh sweet Mr. Kim with his choppy English and ability to get things done in the smallest period of time. It took about 30 mins to get from the airport to the school where we were greeted by one of the foreign teachers. He took us out to dinner, Italian food oddly enough, and went over our schedules.
Vanessa and I are staying in separate apartments in somewhat different areas, about 10 mins walking distance from each other. There are about 13 other foreign teachers living in the same building as me taking up a couple of floors. I'll put a separate post about my apartment once I get it completely unpacked and set up. I have no complaints though.
By the time we got home after running around all day it was 9pmish and I knocked out so fast. I ended up waking up at 6am the next morning...
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