Seat Belts on Buses

I now know why there was a section in my predeparture package on why you should take advantage of the seatbelts on the buses. The bus drivers here are crazy!! At least the one I had last night was. Lindsey and I were on our way back from Wonju and he kept swerving all over the place and laying down on the horn pretty much the entire trip!

Anyway, I suppose I will tell you about my tip to Wonju rather than ranting about the bus drivers! Lindsey, Angelina, and I decided we would go to Wonju this weekend to visit Tim and get a taste of civilization! Lindsey and I left my town at 7pm to head the Gangneung which is the city on the coast...when we got to the bus station there were these men that were acting pretty weird so it was a little sketch but we survived! We got on the bus to Wonju and made it in about an hour and a half! The entire way there, there was this little girl who was sitting begind us playing this song over and over again. So Lindsey and I decided we would join in the fun and sing along...it was very entertaining haha...we needed to keep quiet though because we had already been yelled at on the first bus by the bus driver for being too loud! They don't mess around here in Korea.

Once we got to Wonju we got off at a random bus stop and had no idea where we were! I called Tim and he couldn't figure out where we were either so we got in a taxi and headed to a school Tim told us to go to. We finally made it and Angelina and Tim met us there! On the walk back to someone's apartment we got completely lost and had to call someone at the apartment to come find us! Finally we made it and there were a bunch of people from orientation there! It was so great to see familiar faces!! I was talking to this guy Paris who was from orientation and he mentioned he is from Davidson! So we began talking about life in North Carolina and he said he went to this preschool over off of Eastway Drive in Charlotte and it is definitely the same preschool I went to! I was so excited because not only is he from NC but we went to preschool together!! We left the apartment and went to a bar and just hung out for the rest of the night...it was a lot of fun seeing everyone again!

Saturday we went shopping a little bit and then went and played basketball with some guys from orientation...that was fun! I totally suck at basketball but it was still a lot of fun. Lindsey, Angelina, Tim, and I decided to go watch a movie. We saw Last House On The Left....it sucked!! It was so confusing and gory! After the movie we were all just silent and were kind of like what the heck did we just watch?? We went and got some dinner then went back to Tim's place and watched some TV and hung out for the rest of the night.

Sunday we went shopping some more for stuff to put in our apartments and I finally got a comforter! I was so excited to finally have something for my bed! Tim and I also bought new cameras!! I love it...it's so nice to have a camera that actually fully works!! After that we went at got some lunch and then hung out until we had to catch our buses.

We said our goodbyes...which was sad because it was back to the sticks until the next time we meet up! Which will be pretty soon but it's still sad! That's pretty much all that happened this weekend and now I am just sitting at my desk because my classes were canceled this morning...I wish I could start teaching already! Hopefully tomorrow! Miss you all!

xoxo,
Whitney