It's only been a week!

We figured we should give an update since the last time we did we were still in U.S.A.! It's only been a week but at the pace we've been going it seems longer.

We had a little bit of trouble at the airport finding our way through to the bus. Then we got off at the wrong bus stop! But we were found by the people who were picking us up and got to our apartment just before midnight on Sunday.

The next morning we went to the school. Nicole observed a class for a couple of hours & then was told to teach! Throughout the week she continued to find out last minute things about her classes - she teaches 5 different classes during the week, including a cooking class. What were they thinking?! John can cook, Nicole can make breakfast. But there is no stove, microwave, toaster... & the school just recently purchased a small oven but it's not set up yet. Ants on a log, anyone?

Nicole has fantastic coworkers & we all went out to eat with the school Director on Wednesday night - Chicken & Beer! There were about 3 or 4 different kinds of chicken we had & it was all delicious! We went to a nice/legit Chicken & Beer; there are about 10-20 different knock-offs of it just on our street!

Thursday morning, Nicole took a cab herself to school - & managed to get lost! She made it to the school only a few minutes late but neither of us will be cabbing alone until our Korean gets better! We are both learning something new everyday!

John's friend met up with us Friday evening to show us around a little bit & we went to a very delicious restaurant & then a nice bar with extremely comfortable seating. It was great to see a little bit of night life in downtown Daejeon - busy but fun!

On Saturday, John had an interview! We met up with his friend again & he took us to the school since it's the same school he works at. John will get to start in about a month! We are both so excited that he found a job so quickly & that he will get to be working with his friend! We all also went to a baseball game (go Daejeon Eagles!) & then had a barbecue in the park afterwards.

We are having a lazy Sunday today because we've hardly taken time to just relax since we got here. Resting our minds and legs.

John has found something online to help us learn some Korean - that will help A LOT!

Some things we've learned this week:
-Koreans don't wear deodorant (sometimes they will in hot summers)
-Parents here will eat food out of their kids mouths if they don't want it
-'Hello', 'thank you', & 'middle school' in Korean
-How to get to Nicole's school by foot & how to get downtown by foot
-Public transportation is awesome (especially buses)
-The stores similar to Walmart, Target, & Sam's Club have 3+ floor levels
-Eggs are cheap, fruit is not

There is a lot more we've learned but those stand out!