Yesterday we met up with some friends and all headed to the World Cup Stadium, for the first football game of the season.Our friends had been to watch the local team 6 times last season, and had seen only a couple of goals in all of those matches, so we weren't expecting too much.Saying that, our only experience of live matches is watching Grimsby Town FC, so our standards are pretty low, and I was secretly hopeful!As it was the first game of the season, there ...

Last weekend we had our first experience of Korean night life.We went out on Friday night, after I finished work, with a colleague of mine who took us on a guided tour of some of the bars downtown.The bus there cost us 1000WON, which is about 55p. No real ales unfortunately, just really fizzy, weak lager, but we did get to try some Soju.This is a favourite with Koreans, and is made from ethanol!After going to several bars where there were many foreigners, we we...

SCHOOL My first week at work was an induction week, where I observed classes and then taught a few myself under observation.I am teaching at one of the Little Fox Language schools, which is a private 'Hagwon' school.The kids go to regular school in the morning, and then those parents who can afford to send their kids to private school in the afternoon/evening for extra lessons in subjects like English and Math. So the earliest I start teaching is 2.30pm, but m...

Our flight from Heathrow was ok, but I didn't get much sleep and developed a sore throat, which then turned into a full cold.When we arrived into Seoul we got through immigration with no problems and then quickly found where to buy bus tickets and purchased our tickets to Gwangju.The next bus was full, so we had to wait about 40 minutes.It had been so hot on the plane and in the airport that it was really nice to stand outside in the cold for a while, and just ...

After many farewells with our family and friends up in the north of England we headed down to London ready for our flight from Heathrow. Luckily Graham's brother Steve, and his girlfriend Steph were able to give us a lift so we did not have to negotiate the train changes and the underground with all our luggage. Packing had been quite a challenge, as the straight through flights we had booked only allowed us 20kg of luggage each, so a few things had to be left ...