Saturday, June 29, 2013

We're in Our Apartment and Did Our First Olle Trail

Well, we have already completed a whole week here.  The teaching is easy (all from set curriculum and set books and workbooks) so it is really simple with little planning necessary.  That is a win.  Also, with few exceptions, the students are super well behaved. Double win.  We teach kids from kindergarten to junior high school.  The kindies are so cute and funny.  Also, everyone loves Cliff's beard.  Our schedule is pretty good too.  We don't have to be at school until 1:40 and we usually get done by around 8:15 so the hours are not bad.  So far, we just go jogging and then Cliff does homework in the morning or we wander around the city but hopefully we will find some awesome things to do nearby that we will be able to squeeze in before school some days.
Today, for our first weekend on the island, we did one of the famous Olle hiking trails with another couple from work.  These are trails that go all around the coast of the island.  We did number 19 today which was an 18.8 km trail that went through many different sites on Jeju.   We started by taking the bus to the starting point, a memorial building, then the route continued through some peaceful farmland, across a couple beautiful beaches and paths right along the ocean, and through some jungle type vegetation.  It gave us a chance to see many different views and scenes of Jeju-do.  It was a really good hike with some beautiful scenery and we had a great time. Now that I have seen some of the beautiful beaches, next on my list of things to do  is a beach  day.
Anyways, we moved into our apartment last night.  It has a pretty good sized bedroom, a smaller second bedroom, and a pretty good living room and kitchen area.  Plus, it has an enclosed porch all the way around two sides of our apartment which is really nice and has a good view.  All in all, it is really nice to be in Korea again.  The ward was super nice and so welcoming and I am sure we are really going to love our year here.







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