We made it to South Korea!!

Well, after an hour delay, approx. 14 hours on the plane, plus a 4 hour car ride, we made it to Iksan!!!

The plane ride was ok, except I did not sleep at all!!! Trevor was able to sleep pretty much any time we weren't being served food, but I stayed awake almost the entire time. The plane landed in Incheon, which is just outside of Seoul. We managed to get through the airport and met up with our ride.

The ride to Iksan took about 4 hours, and for two of those hours we listened to Anne Murray, some good old Canadian music!! ;) We made one pit stop after two hours of driving at a really big food court type of building. It was full of people and really busy. I decided I should go to the bathroom before we started driving again, so we found one at the back of the building. Not really thinking about it, I walked into a stall only to find what looked like a urinal placed on the floor where the toilet should be!!! I managed to figure it out but it was not the best bathroom experience. The rest of the way to Iksan, I was hoping that not all Korean bathrooms were like that. Lucky for me they are not. My apartment has a western style toilet (phewww)!! I did find out later that there were regualr toilets there, I just didnt look for them long enough. I forgot to take a picture, but if I see another one, I will get a pic and put it up!!

Our apartments are great!!!! Fully furnished, right down to the cutlery!!! Really good size and lots of windows and light!!! We even have air conditioning!!! The weather here is soooo hot so the a.c is super nice!! (Mom even you would be using the a.c here)

We are being shown around town by one of the other teachers in our building, which is really great!! Not being able to read or speak Korean just yet, it is nice to be with someone who knows where they are going. Trevor and I ventured out on our own once, but didnt get too far.

The city is pretty busy with mostly Korean stores, restaurants, and shops. However we have found the Pizza Hut!!! We have also come across a Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins, and even some Italian restaurants!! There is even a 'Wal-mart' type store that has almost everything!!
We also saw the school we will be working at, and it looks soo nice!!!

I will hopefully put some pics up for my next entry. Right now we are at an internet cafe, so I dont have any pics with me.

So far, Iksan seems pretty nice. It will take some getting use to, but should make for some interesting stories!!!