First month in Korea

Hello blog followers....sorry for the delays, but we finally got our internet up and running at the apartment.
It is hard to beleive that we have been here for almost three weeks.  The girls started school at GSIS on January 10th and are loving it.  Kamela is in first and Claudia is in third, we could not have hand picked
a better teacher for Claudia, Ms. Cooper you rock as she would say.  Mark is hard at work getting everything done at the office as they will be moving to a new office in May.  I have been here at the apartment unpacking and getting things in place.  As a family we have been attending the Nations church at the school and have made many friends already.  I attended a womens bible study last night and really enjoyed it.  Kaitlee is still in Iowa having test done at the university and we hope to have some answers as what is going on when she comes to visit next month.  We all miss her very much and can not wait to have her here for a while.  My goal is to post at least once a week.... we will see what happens.  I  hope to have some pictures posted of the Lunar Newyears celebrations that will be coming up next Thursday-Sunday.....All take care

Arriving at Incheon Airport

We arrived in Seoul on Wednesday January 5th.... Our plane was one hour early which was good for getting off the plane a little quicker.. but our transportation from the airport to our hotel was not available until 7:30.  We made our way through customs and then visited the McDonalds for our first meal in Korea.

 
The girls explored the airport while I braved the freezing cold to secure our spot in line.  You have a funny way of loosing your place in line if you don't gaurd it... Even though I was guarding the line I still had to get after one person who was a line jumper.

The 12000 won bus ride turned out to be quite an adventure.... we had 13 bags for 4 people... the bus folks tried to tell me I could only have 1 bag per person....I pleaded ignorance and loaded the bags myself and jumped on the bus... It was quite a journey but 1:30 minutes later we arrived at the hotel.

Iowa Vacation

The picture above is of a Bald Eagle from Iowa.  We were able to stop along side the road and get some pictures.  We will share more from our time in Iowa.  We seen many deer, some alive, some not! 

This was on a cool foggy morning.  Its neat to see how the trees get covered in frost and snow.

Countdown to Korea

We are just 2 short days from departing for Korea!  Our family is excited about the transition and we are eager to get settled.  December has been a blur!  With Vacation, Family Pictures, Christmas, New Years we are now ready for final preparations.

It looks like the weather will cooperate with our departure and we will leave from Des Moines Iowa.  We will travel to Chicago's O'Hara Airport.  We have a direct flight to Seoul so there should be few problems with Airport Transfers.  We have a Red-Eye Flight that will get us into Seoul on Wednesday Morning.

I'm Mark and my wife Stacy and our daughters Claudia and Kamela will be joining me for this professional journey to Korea.  Stacy and the children will also be posting and we hope that their classmates in California will follow them on this journey.