Busan

Last weekend I spent my three day weekend for Buddha's Birthday in Busan. It is the second largest city in Korea after Seoul and on the beach in the southern part of the country. Jennifer, Kelly, and I took the high speed train (KTX) after work on Thursday night. It only took two and a half hours. On Friday, the weather was beautiful. We took a boat ride around the beach and met up with another co-worker, Becky. Her aunt, uncle, and two cousins live in Busan. We explored a park right near the ocean. I also tried tons of seafood since Busan is well known for seafood. On Friday night we had raw fish, clams, eel, and live octopus. When the live octopus was served it was still moving, however it stopped shortly after. It was an unique fish eating experience!

On Saturday it started to rain so we relaxed and went to a fish market. At night we went to Becky's aunt and uncle house for dinner. Her aunt owns a cooking school and her uncle owns an organic farm. The food was very delicious and her family was so nice. We ended the night by doing karaoke because Koreans LOVE karaoke. Becky's aunt and uncle had their own karaoke machine in the house...it was fun and entertaining! Sunday afternoon we headed back on the train to Bundang. It was a nice, relaxing weekend.

I don't have any more days off until my summer vacation in July. My parents and sister are coming to visit and I can't wait! I am excited for them to meet my kinder students. They will be able to explore Seoul for a few days while I work then we are going to Osaka and Kyoto, Japan for five days. I am excited to visit Japan. That is one of the countries I really want to see while I am in Asia.

Here are some pictures from the weekend trip to Busan. Hope all is well back in USA!