Girls Weekend Busan

So it was time for a weekend away with just the girls and we decided to go to Busan.  Shawna, Lauren, Justine and I headed down for a quick trip to Busan and had a nice getaway from Guri for awhile!  We took the KTX train and once we arrived in Busan the station had a nice display of a lantern.  Turns out Buddha's birthday is not just one day but a whole month.  Beautiful thing!  

Everytime we go to Busan we stay at the "Hello Guesthouse" and this time Justine found a pet rabbit to play with.  She was quite excited.  

It was a sunny day on Saturday but it had a nice chilly breeze so it was pretty cold the whole weekend.  

Having some good ol' American lunch at Gecko's.

Goofing around like always!

Beach time!  Cold day but still nice to be on a beach!

Now time for our evening to begin.  We started the night with some great Mexican food at "Fuzzy Navel."

Beach view and that tan hotel is the place we will be staying when my parents come back to Korea.  

Another great weekend away and had a lot of fun with the girls.

Flower Festival

Since the weather has finally turned for the good there are festivals all over the place.  So this time we walked to the flower festival close to Guri and right on the Han river.  It was about a 2.8mile walk there and it was a really nice walk.  And by walking we got to take Avi with us.  I have to admit I like having a dog in Korea and I can play with her whenever but it is not my job to make sure she has gone to the bathroom and eaten and someone is always watching her.   On the walk we walked through the lake park and there are flowers everywhere.     

This is Lauren trying to see how Avi likes the water fountain.  She was not so keen on the idea of running through the water. 

First lizard we have seen in Korea.  He was very small.

You could make your own air freshener.

The Han River

On the way home we saw a guy selling rabbits and he had this very cute pot bellied pig.  I still think I want one of these on day.

I know I say it a lot and probably only because I post about my good days but a great day with great people and great weather.  Today I was with Lauren, Justine, Crystal, Moises and Karen.  We had a lot of fun just sitting in the sun and eating good food.  Just more days that remind me why I came back and all that there is to see in Korea.  Next weekend is Busan and I can't wait to go back there.

Friendship Fair 2012

So every year in Seoul they have this Friendship Fair in Seoul and it is all about countries form around the world coming together and they share crafts, food and traditions from their country.  So my friends and I go mostly for the food but it is also a nice chance to have a change in our everyday scene.  But man do they have a lot of food and it is all so delicious.  You have to be careful because you eat a lot.  Luckily each booth only sells small portions of their food so you can sample it but still have room for more from other places.    

So my first stop was a delicious kebab from Turkey and it was so good.

The festival is at City Hall which has many open places and fun things to see.

We had a nice, large groups of us that went.  It was me, Rachel, Sally, Jean, Melissa, Julian, Lauren, Nic, Shawna, Bob, Justine and we met up with Kelley, Sylvester and Heewon.  And having a beautiful day always helps and it was so nice.

And of course it would not be a Korean event if there was not some other thing going on with beautiful women in nice gowns doing something.

Just another random thing we needed to make a photo op of.

So another great weekend with awesome people and having these kinds of weekends reminds me why I came back to Korea and how many amazing people I know and love here.  I work hard so time goes fast and I can have weekends like this one.