Still in start-up mode

Monday we moved to KIST - to the guesthouse for visiting faculty.  There is one other person living there now, a man from South Korea who teaches electrical engineering (I think).  We do not yet have internet access there; my posting to this blog will be infrequent until I have regular access to the internet.  Today we are at the US Embassy for the third consecutive day in our efforts to get a work visa.  Right now we're at the embassy because it is right next to the immigration office so after submitting our papers we came here to use the internet.  I think we  now have all the papers that we need submitted, and we should receive our visas next week.  Tomorrow or Monday I will learn my teaching assignment; I hope it is differential equations, since that is what I am prepared to teach.

The weather here is amazing - warm and sunny in the morning, an afternoon shower, and pleasantly cool at night.  The food is good; we ate in the KIST student cafeteria yesterday - there is a large assortment of cooked vegetables (all you want), and a piece of meat, all for the equivalent of $1.70.   We've met many people - I am having trouble remembering so many names.  I am looking forward to starting classes- that happens next week.