An update at last

Dear friends and family,

I hope that you are all doing well and keeping healthy. It's hard to believe that I have been in Korea for over four months. I have to say that I am enjoying every moment of every day out here. Naturally I have my ups and downs, but that is part of the whole experience. Right????

At the moment I am in Seoul writing to you in a PC Bang in the Itaewon are (one of the more popular clubbing areas in Korea). I arrived a few hours ago after a 3 hour KTX train ride from Busan to Seoul travelling at 200 miles an hour! It's now around 6:30pm in Korea and I am planning on meeting a friend for dinner. He graciously offered to let me stay at his family's house for the week. I'm going to explore Seoul for the week and then return to Busan on the 4th in time for my co-teachers wedding. I have been asked to sing a solo at the ceremony.

It's a little colder up here in Seoul as compared to Busan, but my Canadian genes have given me a strong resistance to the cold. It actually feels like October. Two weeks ago it snowed in Busan for the first time in four years. My students were extatic! They were literally bouncing off the walls when they saw the first fluffy snowflake fall from the sky. They all raced to the windows and stuck their hands out to catch as many as they could. Unfortunately the snow didn't stay long. It melted as soon as it hit the ground. But it made it all worth while when I saw their beautiful smiles as they caught the snow in their hands.

Anyway, I'm going to try to update daily while I'm in Seoul. Stay tuned.