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The Arrival

Hello Everybody!! I am here safe and sound after a long and tiring journey. The Seoul airport is was very pretty, and the first thing I saw, when I walked out of bag check was a Dunkin Donuts!  At the exit of the airport there were about 12 Korean women in traditional dresses giving out flowers and greeting travellers when I walked to ground transportation. Then I met the other teachers at ground transportion and a host from the school who loaded our bags into the van that would take us to the house that we will be living in for good. The driver we had must have went to taxi school taught by African Matatu drivers cuz the ride there was like being in Grand Theft Auto except driving 130 Kilometers per hour. I am still wondering how we dident smash into anyone. The drive was very pretty through, because the airport was in the country side right next to the Yellow river. When we got closer to Seoul, the traffic made the Dan Ryan during rush hour look fast paced. It took about an h...