I'm not in Chuncheon any more

So I have left Chuncheon and orientation for the life that I will be experiencing for the rest of the year. Yesterday after a long day of meeting some of my colleagues we caught a train from Seoul to Gumi that took about 3 hours. The KTX high speed train only takes 2 hours, but this was cheaper. I slept for a good portion of the trip anyway, especially after the stewardess told my co-teacher that I needed to be quiet. I was chatting excitedly with my co-teacher, Mrs. Kwan, though there were other people chatting too. I don't know if the root of the problem was talking above a 6 inch voice or if b/c my conversation was in English, but either way, I will be more careful chatting in English regardless while on public transportation. I have noticed as I walk around Gumi, that if I speak English I receive cautious/suspicious glances...

So after getting to Gumi I had dinner with my co-teacher, my vice principal, and a head admin guy. They are all super nice, though the dinner itself was a little awkward since most of it was in Korean. I could only catch minor phrases and random words that did little to aid in my comprehension of the topic at hand (such words as, we, I, but, because....). However after dinner we went straight to my home stay family's house. 

So my homestay is awesome, and nothing less than awesome. It consists of a mother and her two children, 유경 (Yoo Kyoung) and 민경 (Min Kyoung). They are 10 and 15 respectively (in Korean years, so 8 and 13 in American years). Sadly, their father passed away a couple of years ago, but the family seems to be in good spirits regardless. Oddly enough, their father studied chemistry in college and worked for industry when he was alive. So there are a lot of chemistry books in the apartment. The elder sister speaks amazing english and has been acting as translator when needed. The younger sister is sooo funny. And both are ridiculously cute. The mother (선희, Sun Hee) is super smart and she studied Arabic and English in college. The entire family is very sweet and very warm, and so I am looking forward to the upcoming year. Pictures will soon be posted. ^_^