First day in Gyeongju

Welcome everyone!

I've been in Korea for a week, and today I reached my ultimate destinate, Gyeongju. I'll post more about the city later, but today I moved into my very own apartment. It's located about 10-15 minute walk from my school, very convenient.

I left orientation after lunch, and after a 3 hour bus ride was picked up by Mr. Park, the head of the English Department at my school, Moonwha High School. Moonhwa is an all boys school. I will be teaching Grade 10 and 11 English Conversation. I also met my co-teacher, Sunny. They are both super nice. Mr. Park treated us to dinner, which was really spicy and fantastic!

Sunny showed me around my neighborhood. She is my main co-teacher, so part of her job is to help me get acclimated in Korea and also help me with any administrative tasks. She used to live in New York City, so her English is very good. We talked about New York a lot, which made me a little homesick, but not in a bad way.

Thank you all for all of your well wishes! More to come!

Here is the school's website - http://www.moonhwa.hs.kr