Korea Day 1

Stepping off the plane at Incheon airport,
my first thought was
"What am I getting myself into?" and felt
like turning around and getting
back on the plane.  But my second
thought was that I could never think like
that again, because this is going to be
awesome!  The plane ride was
pretty good for an 11 hour flight.
Aside from the budget
airline kimchi and the cramped seat it was as
good as could be.
I had to ride an hour and a half with this guy
from my recruiter's office.
He asked me if it was OK if he rolled down the
window to "change the air"...
I guess I was a little ripe after the plane...
So I took an
Irish shower in the parking lot before I met my
co-teacher and recruiter.
At my recruiter's house there were about 25
people from his family and there were
Korean women buzzing around the kitchen cooking
stuff that smelled pretty delicious.
I ate either dog or donkey... Doesn't that
sound like a German game show,
"Dog or Donkey".  His family were all really
nice and I met my co-teacher.
She is my age and is very nice and kind.  I
really took for granted being able
to speak at my normal pace and have people
understand me.  On my first night
I went for a walk around my neighborhood.
I didn't want to go to far and
get lost because I would be pretty screwed
at that point.  Sleeping in the
park on my first night would be quite a
welcome!  There was this restaurant
who's symbol was a swastika, Third Reich
Pizza maybe?  Also, the fire escapes
here are huge, colorful slides like on
a playground, some 7 stories high!
I hella want to try one out.  I haven't
slept since Wednesday night and it's
Friday night, I thought all the free beer
and wine on the plane would knock me
out but it just made me want to get out
of that plane even faster.  My co-teacher
is coming back tomorrow at 10am to take
me to the market, so now I'm going to
sleep, finally.