From the Swiss Alps to the Rockies in 3 days

At this very moment, I am sitting in the Vancouver Airport looking out the window at the Canadian Rockies waiting for my connection flight to Seoul. It was only 3 days ago that I was sitting in the Geneva airport looking out onto the Swiss Alps…amazing how scenery changes so quickly. I am about to embark on my latest adventure to South Korea where I will be teaching English to children for one whole year at the Maple Bear Jongno Campus. I have been waiting for this for months and finally it has arrived yet I’m still not sure what I’m feeling. I think that my body has gone into full on numb mode from jet lag and overall exhaustion from the summer so I literally feel like a walking zombie. I am obviously excited, a little nervous and anxious to get there and figure out wtf I am getting myself into but I just can’t show it due to the above mentioned. I guess my behaviour could be normal since the reality is that I am leaving everyone and everything I know for a year to live and work in a country that is totally foreign to me….but the thing is I’m not scared, I’m not worried, I don’t have ay doubts or fears about going but what does worry me is leaving (a feeling that is a littler late considering I’ve already left). Yes I realize that I just spent 2 months away in Switzerland but for me living in Crans Montana is home, its comfortable and is filled with things and people that I know and love so its different and has its own category of being away because when I’m there I don’t miss home home. Korea is a whole new category of being away and it a totally unknown territory for me. Although I consider myself to be independent I truly have no idea how to survive so long without the simple things like my bed, my couch my cat, driving, my family and friends and of course we could get mre detailed and say things like Tim Horton’s, gelato from Bronte, nights at Fly, TND, Stars and Strollers and the drive in, flip cup and beer pong, Big Bear subs, Stoney’s Calabria sandwich’s and the list could go on and on. I guess the bonus of living somewhere new is that I will have news staples in my daily life…I don’t know what they are yet but when I have some I will be sure to post them although I can tell you that Starbucks vanilla chai lattes will stay a constant in my life ☺

The boarding has begun for Air Canada flight 63 to Seoul AH which means its time to go. I will spend the next 11 hours similar to how I spent my last 4…watching movies to distract myself from the fact that although I am beyond tired I still cannot sleep on planes! UGH if I make it there still standing it will be a true accomplishment in my books. Wish me luck and send me good vibes for my first few days on the other side of the world. I’m not quite sure when I will be able to post again because I don’t yet know the internet situation but expect something within the next few days and I’m sure I will have some stories to tell.

Love Love Love
Jane xo