I was a bit disoriented after my 13 hr flight with Korean Air, from Chicago to Seoul, but that's another story. Absolutely nervous, I barely left my hotel room because one, I hadn't learned the language, and two, I was afraid of getting lost in a city that didn't have street names. I am just learning to recognize streets by their names, having lived in Korea two years already. Unless you've had some exposure to Korean culture, you're in for some culture shock.
This is just one of several things I found sometimes nice, sometimes bizarre, but none-the-less, shocking when I moved to Korea in 2012. So here's a look at ten other experiences my friends and I had during our first few weeks in Korea.
