My new home, Cheonan is smaller than what I’m used to, with a little over 600,000 people —but it’s not a small city, by any means. It is definitely growing on me. Feels like a small but bustling city full of university students. The night life is limited to a handful of foreigner bars and Korean chicken bars. Not too big, not too small, and a very decent foreign section in the major grocery stores.

I love that I can take a bus or train anywhere else in the country. It’s going to be the perfect place to travel Korea from. Being connected to Seoul by subway is also a major benefit.

I think I’m starting to find my stride. Or at least I know how to get there. I am figuring out places to go and places I want to go. Work is going really well; I like my coworkers and students. I am going to language class two times a week. I am making friends in the city and in Seoul, where I like to go on the weekends.

Cheonan, I think we’re going to be just fine.