Firsy Day!

We've been in Korea now for two and a half days but it feels like a lifetime! The 13 hour time difference has been difficult to get over but I think we're finally adjusting.

The flight was pretty rough for me - mostly because Tim was snoring in my ear the whole time! I always get the window seat so I can curl up against the window - unfortunately, there was about two feet between my seat and the window! The positive aspect of international flights is the free alcohol. We decided that there was no better way to get sleepy than to have a glass of wine - so that's what we did. However, that only gave me peace for about three hours so I had ten left to listen to Tim snoring.

We arrived to a sign saying "Welcome to Korea Tim and Alaina." That was so great to see after traveling for nearly 20 hours! Our coordinator was waiting for us and has truly been very helpful and supportive.

Today is when the kids arrived and it's nearly impossible to explain in words! Tim definitely had the tougher of days because he volunteered Sunday night to help the coordinator before knowing what he would be doing. Turns out he had to leave the camp at 5:30am to drive to Seoul to ride a bus back with kids coming to the camp! He's a trooper. Since 10am, I've been surrounded by screaming Korean children. The English levels are so different which makes it difficult to really teach anything. The schedule is insanely hectic so you're really not teaching anway. Today we made chants and posters about our "country." I'm Finland and Tim is Spain. Finland is totally better.

My biggest problem thus far is the food. I hate the food - there's no other way to put it. On Sunday morning, after traveling 20 hours, all I wanted was a delicious Western breakfast. What did we get? Fish. That's right - FISH. And rice and black beans. Yuck. I felt bad so I asked Tim nicely to eat my fish - then I wanted to cry. Today though we had toast and cereal. Even though the toast was stale and it was whole milk, I have still never been so happy to see corn flakes. Thank you Mom for packing me snacks!!

We're off to Seoul this weekend and we can't wait! We need some peace and quiet :) This is a vacation, right?! Thank you all for reading this and we will do our best to keep it up!

Love you all!

Alaina and Tim