A Lazy Vacation... So Far

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I guess it must be time for another update. I don’t really have much exciting going on at the moment. This week is vacation so a lot of people are gone. I have been enjoying relaxing and getting a bit more settled in. There are only two other teachers in town this week. One is Julie who has been here for about 2-3 months; the other is Kristin whom just got here 6 days ago. I enjoy both of their company, so we have spent some time together.

One day this week Julie and I went for a 4 hour walk around town. It helped me to get a bit more comfortable with my new home. We found a nice play ground near a stream. It was nice to act like one of my students for a few minuets. We also found a really nice coffee shop where I ran into an expat that I met from another school. I hadn’t realized how many people I’ve already met!

I have discovered a new love in my life; chicken korma with garlic nan. This is super delicious Indian food. I have had it 4 times since coming to Korea and twice this week alone. I have no words to describe it, other than it must be sent from heaven. This is by far the best food I’ve had in years, maybe my entire life…

I have spent quite a few hours this week arranging my apartment. I have cleaned, moved furniture down a crappy ladder, moved furniture up a crappy ladder and made my bed room/ loft more cave like. I am most excited about the cave-ness. My floor to ceiling, 13 foot windows face east and every morning I’m greeted by a face full of sunshine. Now, I have ghetto rigged a sheet of wall paper to shield me from the demonic, evil sun light.

I managed to go grocery shopping this week and get supplies to make a very tasty dinner. I made some really dank spaghetti with meat sauce. Of course it was made even better by tons of garlic and sautéed mushrooms. My entire apartment reeks of garlic and I couldn’t be happier!

I should be heading to Busan tomorrow and coming back on Thursday. Busan is the second largest city in Korea and is on the south-east coast. I’m excited to see a half a million people on one stretch of beach. Then, on Friday we are planning to head to Seoul to hang out with a few friends. It should be a nice vacation all in all.

I miss everyone back home very much! Please give all my little cousins, nephews and other children my love. I hope everyone is doing well!