Katelyn and Gregory Haskins find their way through—and around—the world
Seeing New York was definitely a priority on our planes, trains, and automobiles trip. I mean, how could Katie see any more of the world without first seeing the Big Apple? But she’d have to wait first. After arriving at Penn station, we had to take the subway out to Brooklyn to check into the hotel, then back into Manhattan at Rockefeller Plaza before she could catch her first glimpse of the city. She was mildly excited, to say the least.
So, big news! Our visa issuance numbers have come through. We had been hoping to get them before we left for our trip since Ellen lives about 30 seconds from an ancillary Korean Consulate office, but instead we received the much anticipated email mid way through our Philly Cheesesteaks in downtown Philadelphia. Looks like our tour of the Eastern seaboard has now become a business trip. Does that mean we can claim it on our taxes? Updates on our interview at the consulate in NYC to follow.
In case you haven’t heard, Katie and I have officially accepted positions to teach English in South Korea for the next year. We sent all our documentation over yesterday, so we’re now in the process of getting our work visas approved. We will start work at the end of August, so that leaves us with just over a month to pack up our lives and ship out (which means we’ll probably be around to watch Bob Costas gush over Michael Phelps’ olympic dreams, but not for the first game of the Michigan football season, sadly).
