Learning the lingo.

After several weeks of only looking at my learn to read and speak Korean book I have finally decided to open it, and it really doesn't seem too difficult! Well, sort of.  The alphabet, Hangul, is probably going to be pretty easy to get down, so I am hoping to know it within the next few weeks.  Learning to actually speak the language, I have been told, is a bit more difficult. I am hoping to know a few key phrases such as: bathroom, beer, and I don't speak the language, before I head over there...we'll see how that works out.