The Arrival

I went and visited the school yesterday. It is like one block from my apartment. We went to a park outside of Seoul with the kids and played games, so the kids could become familiar with me. the kids are actually ages 2-6. The school is a pre-school that teaches through playing games and doing other fun stuff. I found out that once a month we have a "gym" day where we go somewhere and play sports, like a park or a pool. I also have to do a cooking class for the kids once a month, but it is nothing serious because they are really young. The owner took me out to lunch at Bennigan's. Afterwards I went home and took a nap and then I walked around my neighborhood for a while. I walked for about an hour down one road and it just kept going with restaurants and shops and neon signs everywhere.

When I got here, the owner of the school brought some food for me, like bread, eggs, cereal, and some milk. I went out yesterday and got some water (like less than a dollar for a 2 liter bottle ), some gatorade, some water, and some ramen noodles (until I figure out what I want to try to eat). My place is a small studio apartment. I will make a video for all of you once I get everything put away. My internet here is slow because I am stealing it from someone else and the signal is bad.

Today I woke up at like 7 and walked down by the Olympic Park. Back in 1988, Seoul hosted the Olympics. I guess the Korean Tennis Open is this week and it seems like a big event, so I might try to go tomorrow to watch some matches if the weather is nice. By the way, the weather is gross out now. I decided to go look for a power converter at some place I saw on a map. I had to take the subway, which was an interesting adventure in itself, but when I got off the place was nowhere to to be found. I decided that I would walk around this area of town for a while and I found a tourist map on a sign and found a place called "Hi mart". Luckily they had a converter there for a heck of a lot cheaper than any place in America.

Here's the fun part that I haven't mentioned yet: it started pouring rain after I got off the subway to find the original store. I ended up ducking into a little market and picked up a nice umbrella with a wood handle for like 5000 won (about 5 bucks).

So now I am charging my laptop. It is still pouring outside, so I probably wont go outside again until I want dinner.