After our taxi ride from Seosan, we arrived in Hong Seong. This is a large town and our apartment
is only 5 minutes walk to Rykie's one school, Hong Ju Elementary School. The other school is 20 minutes out of town, surrounded by farms, and is Jong Ho Elementary School. Pieter also teaches at two schools, about 15 minutes out of town and he takes the bus every morning. The one is called Jong Bong and the other is Hong Buk Elementary School.
We are very happy there and enjoy the classes, now that we have the curriculum sorted out. We prepare and is an assistant teacher in the morning and in the afternoon, we do extra curricular English classes.

The weather has changed from very cold, to warmer, as it is now Spring. The cherry blossoms are
out and we eat a lot of strawberries. The rest of the food takes some getting used to! We have been invited to a traditional Korean Restaurant or two. That means you sit on the floor on a cushion, at a very low table. There are about 40 small dishes between the people around the table. Some dishes are very hot and spice and we now know to avoid it. We stick to the one or two dishes we like.

Our apartment is really very comfortable. We have quite a large bedroom, a small study, a larger kitchen area and a bathroom with a toilet. It is fully furnished and have underfloor heating and aircon. We are on the first floor. Around the corner is a very nice supermarket. They even deliver your goods if you buy more than a certain amount. It really is very safe here and we feel O K to take a walk down town - another 15 minutes down the road. On a Friday night we enjoy going to a "sort of Mc Donalds". This gives us a taste of Western food again.

The Korean children take music as a subject and all play recorders, small desk keyboards, violins, drums and even saxophones. They are taught to read music. They love singing.
The people are very friendly and helpful. Although no one speaks English, they often try and understand us - with many hand signs from our side.

Later we'll tell more about the Church we go to now. We started an English Bible Fellowship and will share our wonderful experience with you.