Update: still in Korea.

I have been working to adjust to the Korean lifestyle for the past couple days (and have realized that it will probably take me at least a couple months to feel comfortable living in Korea). What I have found so far to be the greatest challenge is overcoming the language barrier. I am now in Chuncheon, a fairly large city, but I would say only about 20% of the people here can understand English. And my Korean skills are pretty much nonexistent as of now.
We all started Korean language classes this Tuesday and I have now had three pretty intensive days of lessons. We are in class for 4 hours in the morning and are expected to complete homework and practice pronunciation daily on our own time. Our own time is pretty difficult to come by here - but that is a different story.
I tested into the beginner's class - shocking, I know - but am adjusting fairly well to learning the language. I in no way consider myself to be good at learning or picking up on languages (other than English - I'm pretty much fluent in that), and Korean is no exception. It is so drastically different than anything I have ever studied. Learning the characters, their meanings, and correctly pronouncing them is quite the task.
But ... I have learned some key phrases and words thus far and am able to awkwardly maneuver my way around town.
We are busy pretty much all day, with little down time, and I have thus not really been able to experience life in Korea outside of the University in which we are staying. After all the class, meetings, homework, and lectures that we have to attend I have found myself extremely exhausted from our daily schedule. However, this weekend we have a day or so of free time so I will hopefully be able to do some exploring.
Chuncheon is a fairly large college town south of Seoul, that offers a variety of entertainment and things to do. This Friday some of us are going to venture into town and see Transformers. I can only imagine how awesome it will be in Korean with English subtitles. Jess - I'm sure you would love it.
I did, however, go to a stationary store today and managed to buy some pretty awesome stationary. The majority of things here (like stationary and small trinkets) are in English - broken English, to be exact. Korean people love their English. Many university students walk around campus wearing shirts with English words and phrases, though they don't exactly know what they mean. I saw a guy today wearing a shirt that said: "Sun Your Buns".
Besides the fact that it rained the ENTIRE day today, the weather has not been too bad - very similar to Indiana weather with a lot of humidity and warm temperatures during the day. The "Sun Your Buns" advice was not well received today, as it has been cloudy and overcast the majroity of the day.
It is now approaching dinner time and I must go to fill up on my daily ration of white rice. Man, I love it.