First month in Korea

OK, So I've been here for about a month now. I'm teaching at an all-girls middle school in Yesan, which is about 2 hrs south of Seoul by train. So far, its been good, but there is much to learn and even more to accomplish while I'm here. My apartment is a very small studio right in the middle of town. I can walk to school, to the store, train station, bus depot, basically anywhere in town I need to go, its a 15 minute walk or less. The town itself has about 45-50,000 people, which is small for Korea. It does not look or feel that big, trust me. There are 12 other foreign teachers living in Yesan, all but 2 of them livin in my building, which is a great asset. They have all been here longer, so they know the area, thigns to do, etc.. We do a lot of things together, since we're pretty much the only ones who speak English in Yesan. Most of the people here and never left, or rarely leave, and before last year when they started this program, had never seen a person who wasn't Korean in person. Everyday the girls at my school will say hi and giggle, say I'm handsome, they love me, stare at me, you name it. It's bascially like being a teen icon back in the USA, I've even signed autographs for the students. It's a nice change of pace, thats for sure.
As for living itself, there are adjustments to be made. The food being the biggest one. A lot of things I'm used to, they just dont have, especially in a small town like Yesan. I'm adjusting, though, and finding things that I enjoy, and being pleasantly surprised by the taste of some horrible looking foods. But, for everything that tastes good, there are 2 more that taste horrible. The people here are really friendly, and are genuinely interested in me and the rest of the foreigners, they just have a hard time speaking English, so they rarely talk to any of us. Only the ones who are good at English will actually have conversations with us, and thats hard enough for them. Luckily, we are assigned a co-teacher who helps us take care of all the administrative paperwork, and is our liasion for any problems at the school. Theres also a teacher at my school who is my age that hangs out with all of us foreigners and is a huge help in walking around town, buying train tickets, helping me get my phone, pretty much anything. Any help I need is not far away.
I have been to Seoul twice so far, once for the orientation, and just again this past weekend for fun. It's a huge city, so it will take many more times to do half of what I need to do. The greatest thing about Korea is the ease and cost effectiveness of traveling. I can get pretty much anywhere in the country in less than 2 1/2 hours, and the most expensive train ticket I would buy would be abou $15. The train to Seoul is less than $8. I'll be taking full advantage of that situation as much as I can. That will about sum it up for my first blog post. Sorry it took so long to get this out there. This blog will only improve as I learn how to use it and continue posting. Talk to you again soon!