Recap of my first 48 hours in Korea

So I've already mentioned my flight and hotel room.  The huge jacuzzi tub takes forever to fill, but it was lovely.  I fell asleep for a few minutes.  Then I fell asleep watching TV so finally went to bed and slept for about 9 hours.

On Sunday I did a test walk to the main Holt office.  No problems, takes about 20 mins.  Then I got lost trying to find the PAS building and walked for over an hour.  Found the mall, went to eat at McDonalds but thought better and went to find something else.  Found a Korean hot dog place, turns out it was a chain from Denmark, and the "Original French Hotdog" I ordered is a cross between a bun and a hard baguette, skinny weiner, catsup, mayo, iceberg lettuce, and 1 slice of sweet pickle.  Bleh.

Walked back to the hotel.  Chilled for a bit, then walked to the subway.  No problems with the ticket, I was staring at the right sign, it went just fine.  Unfortunately when I got off I discovered I'd gone the opposite direction and was at the wrong terminal.  Wandered around there for awhile, finally admitted I was overwhelmed and lost, hailed a taxi back to hotel.  Got to the hotel but decided I needed food, so I went to the Family Mart 2 blocks away.  And got lost again.  Ended up walking clear back down to the mall where I had a burger and lemonade, then bought a supply of juice and lugged it back up the hill to the hotel.  I walked for about 5 hours yesterday.  Slowly.  I'm dying.

Walked to Starbucks this morning on the way to the office, and actually got there early.  My meetings were cut short by a surprise audit by the govt, so I was done by 2pm today (Monday).  I took a cab back to the hotel.  I'll either order delivery (KFC) or call Esther, my counterpart, and meet her for dinner.  Traveling by myself to Korea isn't as easy as I'd hoped.  No matter how open I am to trying new things, I still can't read the signs or the menu.  A couple of my friends were just here, and the staff they work with took them out at night.  I think I'm too old, the staff I work with assume I need to rest more.  LOL  It's probably more like me not wanting to impose on them, I know how hard they work and this audit will put them behind.  No worries, I'm still having a great experience!

And that was my first 48 hours in Korea!  Tours won't come for awhile yet, have to get the work stuff done first.  Tomorrow afternoon I go to the old baby hospital site and Sungrowon orphanage with Esther and this adorable little Belgian adoptee who speaks like 4-5 languages and loves cats.  Very exciting.