Some snapshots of Daejeon: our kitchen, tiny buddhas at the Donghaksa temple and Dan and I at Nammaetap - a pagoda in nearby Gyeryongsan National Park - with our friends Erin and Young Been. Also: a toddler's parallel parking job, our neighbourhood dog and me with Erin and Amber (co-workers) at Santa's, a popular foreigner bar in the city

Daejeon

So we are here....actually have been here in Daejeon for about 2 1/2 weeks. It's going really well - the apartment is fantastic and way bigger than we imagined, the other teachers are lots of fun and the city is great. Daejeon is just big enough to have a good little party scene and small enough that we can navigate it relatively easily by subway. Too bad we can't read any signs or talk to any locals yet - Dan and I have both developed some excellent skills in charades though. When looking for bananas at the local convenience store, Dan did a fantastic job of mimicking a chimp peeling a banana - complete with noises and underarm scratching. To my amusement, the Korean word was....banana.
So...we are enjoying ourselves, school has been keeping us busy (the kids are not as prim and proper as we imagined, in fact some are definitely ADD...)but we have a holiday next week. We have five days off for Korean Thanksgiving or 'Chuseok' so we'll have a chance to check out the region a little more and perhaps make a stop at the local hot baths/spa. Ahhh...life is tough.
Miss you all, looking forward to hearing from you soon!