10 by 20

Well, we made it! We are now in what will become our new home and new country for the next year. We aren't connected yet in our apartment, so daily blog entries at a fast and furious pace are not going to be so easy yet (be quiet Megan). We also can't get any picutres on it yet, so be patient and we will update entries and insert picutres as we can. It will get easier, we just have a lot to work through before we're settled in.

The 10x20 referred to in the title is not the size of our apartment, as some of you may be thinking since everything is purported to be so small over here. We spent the last month reducing our "stuff" to a 10x20 storage unit back in Windsor. Everything we own from our 3-bedroom apartment in Windsor has been stuffed into this unit, except for the 2 suitcases each that we brought with us. So I'm happy to say that our Korean apartment is bigger than 10x20 and what we brought will fit in nicely. We aren't sleeping in a dresser drawer either, and the bedroom itself is actually close to 10x20.

There are certian unusual differences that we will have to get used to over time. For instance, we have a pink (yes, pink!) fridge that is smaller than anything I've ever seen. It makes Canadian beer fridges look industrial size. The shower is really wierd with the shower head connected to the bathroom sink - there isn't a separate faucet for the shower so you have to reach over and turn it on and off at the sink. And there's no shower rod or curtain either, so it's just a wide open space. We've made quite a mess of spraying water all over the place already, which we think is the intended way to clean the room. The air conditioner works well which is necessary right now because it is quite humid. And the heating system is a series of hot water pipes in the floor, there aren' t any vents or rads, so we'll see how that works later on in the winter. Much more details and pictures to follow about the apartment.