Training Week

August 24, 2008

So the plane ride was long but not as bad as I expected. Cody slept a lot and I watched a lot of movies and slept. Korean air is so far the best ever airline I have ever been on. The first thing they did was give us little packets with socks, a sleeping mask, a toothbrush, and toothpaste, as well as headphones, pillows, and blankets. Each seat also had it’s own TV screen where you had the choice of about 20 movies and a few video games to play as well. It was pretty great.

Well anyway. We flew out of PDX at 7:00 AM on 8-15-08 and three planes later we arrived in Gwangju at 10:00 PM 8-16-08. We got to bed around 11:00 PM only to get up for breakfast by 8:00 AM and officially start training at noon.

Training week was pretty great, even the classes were OK. We met most of the new teachers coming into Korea to teach who were employed through Canadian Connection. We had the opportunity to visit the Nagan Folk Village, a Buddhist temple, and the Gwangju National Museum. We also had the opportunity to explore Gwangju quite a bit.

We visited a few western-style bars, one of which was the Germany bar, which had home-brewed Germany-style beers. We also explored the underground shopping mall in Gwangju, it spans many blocks underground in central Gwangju and is pretty awesome.

That’s about it so far. I’ll add more when I have time to blog about it.