Day one

Hi Everyone!

I said day one - but I technically arrived yesterday but EPIK calls today day one. There is so much to get used to, starting with above all the jet lag. I keep wanting to sleep right after lunch which I have been treating as my dinner. The life here is pretty dormitory -esque where we have bathrooms and showers shared by the hall the building is coed by floor, everyone has a roommate, the beds are by far the stiffest of beds I have ever been in. So exactly like freshman orientation!!!
The food here ( at the EPIK orientation) is all Korean so lots of spice. But oddly in the morning breakfast is very normal like bacon and eggs normal, with amazing juices to drink. Which by the way Koreans don't normally do - drink with meals. Weird huh. Also in the Cafeteria we have this amazing view of the mountains which are surprisingly closer than I thought.
I will try to get a walking tour of the neighborhood up here later which is super cool with very narrow windy streets and lots of back alleyways which completely baffles me how our bus could fit into. But the city is not too different, just big. and by big, I mean likely bigger than any city you have seen thus far I feel like it is really several cities rolled into one. They have many American places here too. Like Dunkin Doughnuts and Starbucks and Denny's, which has a dance floor on the room, as well as a Papa John's and Smoothie King.
Another thing, its like they don't want to pay for air conditioning for us. For example in the auditorium earlier it was 33.7C!!! and our room is around 28C which is about average. Which definitely takes a lot to get used to and you really have to make sure you wear deodorant which is apparently really hard to come by here. My roommate was told that Koreans don't sweat as much which is why they don't have as great of a need for it.
Anyways I will have more videos up later, but here are a few of our Opening Ceremony which consisted of a Tae Kwon Do demonstration and traditional singing and instrumentation displays.