First Day

It has been a real whirlwind over the first few hours over here. We got into our apartment last night at 1230 pm and were given a bit of food to get us by the first day, some bread, cereal (no idea what it is except that there are almonds in it and it is "Post" brand. We didn't eat and just went to sleep around 1am.

We woke up at 9 and went to the school expecting to meet a few people and head home. We ended up on an "excursion" to a temple outside of the city and met all of our colleagues who seem very nice and welcoming. We sat down and ate lunch at the school (I had my first experience with "Kim Chi" and am not sold on it though I will not give it up. It tastes a little bit like feet) but besides that, the lunch was very good overall. I overate my rice and black bean sauce but that is ok because it was my first real meal in 36 hours.

During lunch our boss asked if we could teach the afternoon. I had guessed that this would happen as two teachers recently left to go to a wedding and they are short for the day. He gave us the "option" but obviously we can not say no right away and start off on the wrong foot. We are just home for a 30 min break while the Pre-school classes are taught and now we head back to teach elementary classes already! looks like we teach 9-6 Mon, Wed, Friday, but fewer hours Tuesday/Thursday. We will figure that out when we see our schedule.

More to come....