I've been here a day and a half so far and it has been really fun but very interesting. After a 14 hour flight I arrived at Incheon Airport and met many other ETAs as we waited for everyone to arrive. We then departed for Jungwon University in Gosean (http://eng.jwu.ac.kr), which was a two hour drive. The University is beautiful but very remote and not indicative of any other University in Korea- it's all one building!
The town we are living in.
Yesterday we just listened to a lot of talks about the program and what to expect for the summer. I also was able to sign up for Taekwando lessons, which start on Monday. The lessons will be Monday through Thursday until the end of August so hopefully I will get pretty good. I also signed up for a Korean Cooking Class, which should be really interesting since the food here is quite different. Yesterday for lunch we had small anchovies as a side and there's generally spicy unidentifiable meat at every meal. Luckily, there's always rice and a soup and most of the time the food isn't too spicy for me as long as I have lots of water!
Some anchovies from dinner.
Today we reviewed Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, and then took our Korean Language Test. The test for me consisted of writing I don't know any Korean and walking out. Luckily, there are LOTS of other beginners. Tonight we have a GLEE Club mixer, which is a party with Korean students from the University and us. I plan on joining the GLEE Club, which meets twice a week for an hour and is a chance to practice your Korean.
Oh, I've also been learning how to greet people in Korean and most of the Koreans I tried it out on just giggle at my attempts but it is very fun. All of the Koreans have been so helpful and bow back to me but I think they still find me pretty funny.
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