At the weekend Daniel took me to Insa-dong or Insadong (depending on where you look). This is a traditional Korean culture street and a fantastic introduction to Korean culture and traditions. It was much busier than in the photo and it is filled with bookstores, antiques shops, traditional cafes and … Read More
On Sunday I went and visited Emily and we went to the war museum with a couple of the peolpe she lives with. The museum was huge and was a fantastic day out although by the end we found ouselves wondering and gossiping rather than paying attention to the exhibits. … Read More
Absolutely exhausted and badly in need of a good nights sleep I arrived at my apartment. Which is where my few days of Korea hell began!! It wasn’t that the apartment was small, on the ground floor or lacking in practical firnature (no draws!). It was the heat, lack of … Read More
After managing to get out of Bankok without technically haiving a ticket we settled down to an uneventful six hour flight to Korea. We arrived at Korea airport and found the co-ordinator from i-to-i (the company we booked the teaching placement with), excited about all the news people were were … Read More
Well, it’s been a while since my last post. I have now arrived in korea and have been a fully fledged English teacher for almost a week. I’d imagine the fact that I’m an English teacher will amuse anyone reading this when the see the state of my spelling because … Read More
Well now you are up to date – sort of (Look out for posts about a Korean culture street and the war museum). I thought it was time to share a couple of random things i saw today on my way home from work! Around where I’m living there is … Read More
Well how about that, no blogging for a week then two posts in the space of an hour!!I’ve just had my interview and though I’d document how it went before it all slipped from the rather murky depths of my mind. I’ve got be quick tho cause I need to … Read More
Not a good start. I’ve been meaning to update this for a while but haven’t got round to it. As it happens I never had the interview for the teaching position that day. I’m still not sure why but I think it had something to do with the dates I … Read More
I am sat here waiting for the phone to ring and there to be a Korean person on the other end ready to interview me for a teaching job! Strangely I’m not that nervous, maybe because I know it will only be a five minute interview or maybe because I … Read More