Seoul Sights

She said: We’ve officially been here for four months, and we finally got a real vacation – and boy, did we need it! A full eight days to relax, forget about the stresses of school, and not hear anybody call me ‘Sarah Teacher.’ Eight days means plenty of time to enjoy a lazy Christmas in…

Helpless

She says: There have been many moments here where I’ve felt pretty helpless because I can’t speak or understand much of the language. For example, every time someone at school makes an important announcement for teachers to say, bring all of the kids downstairs, all in Korean. I then look like an idiot in front…

Real adult life starting now?

She said: BIG NEWS – We finally moved to a real apartment that’s NOT a dorm room and is NOT in a kindergarden!!!! After about 3 ½ months of fighting (nicely) with the director of our school about the living situation, it’s finally been resolved, and we couldn’t be happier. We now like about 25-30…