Having a cold is no fun :(

I have survived my first illness in Korea. Last week one of Jason's students came in sick and gave him a cold... it only took a couple days for me to get the cold from Jason.

We went downtown to a pharmacy and bought some cough syrup that is Chinese herbal stuff... I still can't smell very well but Jason's face and my tastebuds have indicated that it smells AWFUL. It certainly tastes bad. It has helped quite a bit along with a Canadian version of Thera-flu and plenty of tissues.

Jason has been wonderful and has taken care of me even though he wasn't feeling all that great. It seems as though the cold hit me harder (most likely because it was the first cold I caught while in Korea) but I'm sure that doesn't make Jason feel any better, lol. It hasn't been fun but it could have been a lot worse too, lol. The good thing that came out of us being sick is that the apartment is very clean (with the exception of one room).

If you get sick in Korea my advice to you is to find a pharmacy that has a clerk who speaks enough English to understand if you have a fever, sore throat, and/or nausea. In downtown Chuncheon it was a lucky find one day thanks to a cute dog sitting in the window of the pharmacy. :)