The Countdown is on...

The good news has been received; I am off to teach in South Korea for a year with Maple Bear School! I am amazed at how quickly the application process has gone and how lucky I am to be sent to a brand new school that is just being built! My flight is going to leave either August 20th or 21st and I will find myself in a new world.
I am so very excited, and some days so very nervous to think I am going to be living halfway around the world, submerged in a culture I have little knowledge of. So what can I do? Research, research, research. I’m trying my hand at learning Korean, at least key phrases and words. So far I know Yes, No, It’s okay, Hello and Thank you. I wonder how far that will get me. Pretty laid back life if that’s all I ever have to use!
I’m going to miss my friends and family so, so much, but I am equally as excited for them to visit me; which I really hope happens! So start saving and planning, guys!
I am going to be living in Yongin, a place just south of downtown Seoul, famous for Everland Amusement Park! Sweet, my own little “Disney World” right around the corner. Somehow, I think I will be okay! And to top it off, Caribbean Bay is not far either, complete with indoor and outdoor waterparks, simulated surfing areas and hot springs and spas. Ahhhh!
Photo of Everland in Yongin.

I have been reading other people’s blogs lately and found them so helpful, so I promised myself I would create one, too. I think it’s a great way to not only try to help others, but to document my travels as well.
So, needless to say I am really, super excited for this adventure. I just hope that I can keep this blog up and meet my goal of a thorough documentation!