I've been in Chuncheon now since last Friday. The turnaround from my last day of training was pretty quick. I took a van right from the center to to my apartment in Chuncheon. It took about an hour and 15 minutes from Seoul. I met my school director and before I had a chance to really settle in I was out eating dinner with my new faculty advisor, drinking soju and eating beef stew. I then went out to a westernized bar with my fellow teachers and a bunch of other American teachers in the area.
About 5 minutes after I sat down and got myself a drink, a young korean girl, about my age, sat next to me and began asking me questions. Just like the states, I thought to myself. Soon as I walk into a bar.
I don't know if she actually liked me, though. It seemed like she just wanted me to speak English to her. So I did. Asked her about American movies, music, where she worked, where she was from. After about an hour of this, she walked away. That was it. I was used for my language.
After the bar, I went norebanging with a bunch of my institute's teachers. Norebanging means the same thing as karaoke in Korean. They don't like using the word karaoke because I guess they don't really like the Japanese. Norebanging was fun. I sang some third eye blind, spit a few verses of ghetto superstar and finished off the night with Billy Joel "Piano Man." Pretty decent lineup. Went to bed at 4am. Needless to say, I was exhausted the next day.
Speaking of the next day, my faculty advisor comes knocking on my door at about 11 am. He wants me to go on a hike up a mountain with him and some other teachers. I guess I had agreed last night, although I don't recall, so I join him on the hike. Glad I did. The hike took about 4 hours in all (up and down) and had amazing views of the entire city.
Lakes, mountains and rivers all surround the city of Chuncheon (which is quite big itself with over 400,000 people).
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