Korea!

So, I know that I told friends and family about Korea and Jeju island, and confused them and myself about how big each population is.

There are a lot of people. Everywhere.

Korea is about the same size as the state of Indiana (100,000 square kilometers), with a population of 50 million. 50 million is one sixth of the population of the united states. Jeju itself is about 1.5 times the size of story county (an average sized county in Iowa), with a population of 565,000 people. It's a lot.

... more on other things later. I am getting a bit more nervous and much more excited about teaching with each lecture that we have during orientation.

Here safe!

Hello all!

I am safe in Korea-- I flew into Seoul (the Incheon airport) this afternoon, where I met TaLK program folks and was painlessly placed on a bus to Jochiwon, our orientation site. We'll be busing back up to Seoul tomorrow for the opening ceremony, which is apparently going to be on national Korean television.

Further bulletins as events warrant.

:P

in transit announcement, hope of actually catching up.

I am in the Detroit airport with a couple more hours to wait before I can check in for the next leg of my journey. I am far less stressed than I was moving to China last year; I have a much better idea of what I'm getting myself into in Korea. This is a foolishly long layover, but changing it would have changed the ticket price from Awesomely Cheap, so here I am anyway.

I had a lovely whirlwind of visits in my 3.5 weeks in the USA, and am looking forward to living here again, eventually.