My Arrival
I arrived at the airport expecting to find John (my contact in Korea) on the other side of the gate waiting for me, maybe holding up a sign with my name on and was quite nervous. Unfortunately I had no idea what he looked like and walked right out of the entrance without anyone calling my name. My baggage had taken a while to collect and I was half an hour after when I told him I was due to arrive and I was worried that he had gone. I went to the information desk and after 10 min managed to get the girl to understand I needed an announcement made. So I sat and waited, nothing. I then managed to find my way to a computer and check on an email the number of the school. I rang the school and spoke to what is now my director and asked or demanded to speak to Jenna. At this point I was in tears because I’d had such a long journey and I was tired and to top it all off i thought i was stuck at the airport. The director rang john and spoke to him and eventually found me 2 hours after i was due to meet him. He had said that he thought i was flying with Emerittes and wasn't due till 6.00pm even though i had emailed him my flight number and details. John's brother then took me to the school and I was dreading going out and having to be social able with everyone because I was so tired and upset by this point. But thankfully the director introduced himself and then drove Jenna and I home. The flat is lovely it has 3 bedrooms which means we have a spare one for anyone that comes to visit. I have a double bed and enough room for everything. There is a smallish kitchen and a large living room, although we only have one living room chair so there might be some fights over that. We have a utility room that has a washing machine and place to hang and dry our clothes. There is a TV. in the living room with some sort of digital box which means we get some American programs and some BBC channels which will be nice down the line when I’m missing home.The area is quite nice but very different from home and Jenna has assured me it is a lot smaller than Seoul the nearest big city. I explored the next day because I don’t have to go work until 2pm which means i get a nice lie in and for anyone that knows me well will know how that fits very nicely into my normal student routine. I found little shops selling clothes, shoes, bakeries etc. There are loads of little cafe style places you can eat at and even little windows where you can buy chicken on a stick, or weird looking dough things, which I will eventually pluck up the courage to taste.
The view from our apartment building
- Posted by k_millington on 21/11/2006.
- login or register to post comments
