27 degrees and snowing
When I left Minnesota, it was around 30 degrees and snowing. When we arrived in Incheon, it was 27 degrees and snowing. Didn’t I mention that the weather is very similar? It’s like I never left home … well, not quite.
Any 12.5 hour flight is long – the flight from San Francisco to Incheon was REALLY long, due to the absence of electrical outlets, remarkably bad entertainment (seriously, the best option was watching the flight map), and a severe shortage of alcohol. I had no options but to sleep ~ not such a bad thing.
We arrived ICN at 7pm, took a bus to Dankook University a few hours later, arrived shortly after 11. We checked into our dorm rooms around midnight, and it was “lights out” at 2. The entire process was reminiscent of “move-in ” day as a college freshman – organized chaos.
The majority of the people are in the 20s, but there are also quite a few older teachers. Most are from the US, the rest are from Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. There is some comfort in realizing that, in a group of nearly 500, I will not be the ~est anything remarkable. I’m not the oldest, youngest, fattest, shortest, loudest, freakiest … there are lots of piercings, lots of tatts, some crazy hair-dos and facial fuzz, and an amazing number of big butts.
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Nancy
February 28th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Sounds like an interesting group. You might be the funni-est, based on your blogs so far; it’s great fun reading them!