The New Blog

I decided that a blog would probably be the best way to keep everyone updated.  I've been sending out email updates, but I tend to write really long letters and I don't get a whole lot of response.  This way, I can just update whenever I have something to say and don't have to wait until I've done a lot of things and have a lot of great photos.  So if you want to hear my stories you can check it whenever you want, rather than having your inbox inundated with my emails.  Oh, and if you want to subscribe so that it will tell you whenever I update, there's a link on the right (see also, link to my Picasa photos).

So a blog it is.  

To catch anyone up who may be out of the know...

• I graduated from CU May 07
• Went down to Peru with the intentions to stay and volunteer for a month
• Loved Peru, didn't want to go home
• Got my TEFL certification, stayed and taught English and traveled for 7 months
• Went back to the States for 3 months, got life in order
• Moved to Korea to teach English in the beginning of March 08
• Will be here one year, then traveling around more of Asia

Life in Seoul has been good so far.  My boyfriend, Jason (who I met in Peru),  and I live in a little bug infested apartment (it's charming) in the most foreign part of the city- it's pretty much a little English teachers community, with a few others.  We teach kids at a private language school called Brighten, located in the richest area in Seoul, which is the richest area in Korea.  I teach a group of adorable kindergartners everyday, as well as some after school language classes for some slightly older kids.  It's fun, but it can be very trying, too.  Completely different than teaching adults in Peru.

Since we've been here, we've been exploring all that Seoul has to offer.  Great parks, tons of shopping (from ridiculously cheap to ridiculously expensive), temples and palaces, indoor theme parks, exotic food, a new and different culture, sporting events, etc.  We've also traveled around the rest of Korea a little bit.  A weekend trip to the coastal city of Busan and excursions to nearby beaches and temples and palaces.  (See photos for more).  

There will be much more to come.  In the near future: new photos posted in the next couple of weeks, a week trip to Japan (July 26-Aug 3), weekend trips, and more.  So check in and check it out, and be in touch.  

Love to all.