Since I got here the weather has been non-stop rain and humidity. It hasn't been to bed since we have been sitting in classes most days learning how to be teacher and what to expect as far are cultural norms go. We finally had a break from all of the classroom lesson and had a field trip out in Gongju. We went to a museum and learned about early Korean history. To my dismay, it was the rainiest day yet. It poured all day and most of the field trip was planned to be outside. Needless to say, I/everyone was soaked from walking outside looking at tombs and going from place to place. The rain was relentless, yet we were still planning on going to a Buddhist temple (which are normally on hill and I am assuming have great views). Finally we heard word that they decided to cancel out trip to the temple and we got to work on our pottery longer. It was the craziest day of extreme wetness. And of course everyday since then we have has beautiful days with little-zero rain. Oh Korea, how you have a sense of humor.
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| We are painting ceramics out in the country. We are learning from this lady who lives in a small village. This was one of the highlight of the day because we were able to get out of the rain. The woman had some very impressive works of art. |
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| As you can see it was really wet from non-stop heavy rain. |
To finish off orientation, we had a lesson in Taekwondo. It is quite the workout. Let me tell you, 100 sweaty people in a non-air conditioned, humid gym working out is not something I want my nose to have to experience again.
Do to the typhoon on Jeju, we got delayed on going to the island one day. Needless to say, we finally made it and what a relief to be able to unpack and to explore my new home. I will writing another update shortly about Seogwipo and my new life here.
-Jenna
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