Although it has been quite the duration since our last posting, I intend to move along and act as though it was just yesterday that I shared the latest adventure.
But first I will digress. To be honest, life has definitely settled down into the normal daily grind for Nick and me. Monday morning comes - wake up, eat breakfast, do a round of internet exploration/email check, most days spend a bit of time Skyping with family or friends, get ready for the day, eat lunch, and head to work by 3:00.
Then we put in our time at work, which usually goes by in a flash. From 3:40 to 9:40 we have back to back 50 minute classes. Our students range from 6 year old kids who are just learning English to 16 year old students who can speak rather articulately when they choose to. Just to clarify, we teach at a Hogwan or 학원. Hogwans are private academies that specialize in a particular subject; anything from English to Science to Tae Kwon Do and this is extra schooling outside of their regular day school. In a future post I will go into more detail comparing being a foreign teacher at a Hogwans and Public Schools.
So, after work, we make the 10 minute walk back to our apartment, cook dinner, kick our feet up, maybe watch a flick and then make it to bed by some wee hour of the morning. The rest of the week follows in suit with an alteration here or a dinner out there. Come the weekend, we had been lying low through most of February and into March. The last of our snow melted at the end of February, but the cool air stuck around long enough to keep us hunkered indoors on weekends.
Now, over the last few weeks, spring has sprung and we are finally getting our butts out to enjoy what Korea has to offer us. The following posts will highlight the recent moments worth sharing and I will do my best to keep the motivation going. Enjoy!
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