Are we there YET?

So any bets on how many other blog posts it will take for this ill-begotten journey to get to Korea? Well, before you post too high of a bid, we will satisfy your curiosity...we get there this time!!! (I know we could hardly believe it either).

OK, so the flight from Beijing to Busan, South Korea was really easy. We were both exhausted and emotionally drained. We were not able to sit by each other for this flight...which turned out to be good, we both needed some alone time to just unwind from the nightmare that is the Beijing airport (oh yeah and to mourn the loss of JP...you figure it out).

The Busan airport was a BREEZE! The people were friendly and courteous. Most of the workers here didn't speak English either, but unlike the Beijing employees, seemed to be competent in body language so communication was much easier. After clearing security we went to the baggage claim area to get our bags (ALL of them made it!) and filed for Steph's lost luggage. This could not have been easier. We actually spoke with a representative for Asiana Airlines, and she could not have been more helpful. When we told her of our situation, she simply said "No, problem" and helped us to fill out a claim sheet. With this out of the way, we were on our way to our new home...almost.

We left the baggage claim area and found Jay (our contact in Korea from World English Services) waiting for us. He was great, friendly and helpful. He waited while Shawn exchanged some money to get us by and then picked us up in his car (which our baggage barely fit in). We then were off to the Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education to meet our employers. Did we mention that because of the FIASCO with Steph's luggage we had no chance to change and were still wearing the sweat pants we had been wearing for like two days (including our first attempt at leaving the country...grossed out? DEAL WITH IT, we did!). From this point on it had to be smooth sailing right? That is what we thought.

OK, so the next bump in our very bumpy road isn't that bad, but considering what we have been through it is pretty funny. Jay who was driving us, made a sharp turn to the right out of nowhere. Why you ask? He ran out of gas, that's right, he ran out of gas! Luckily we were close to a gas station. Jay told us he was so embarrassed and that he had never ran out of gas before...nice time to start huh? (P.S. we might be cursed). Well Jay ran to get gas from the gas station up the road and we had a good, long laugh.

Well, we made it through meeting our employers at the Office of Education (even though we looked like hell on wheels, and probably didn't smell that great). But we were on our way to our new home in Chilwon (that's the name of the town we live in).

To be continued...