Hotel Aqua Palace Busan

... opened) we made our way to Vinyl Underground – a crazy little club that is, in fact, underground – but not made of vinyl.

The music was house all night, and we generally got our silly and trippy dancing ON. 4ish hours later, Dan and I, and another friend, Brett stumbled back out to the real world, where I insisted we find the beach – it ended up being kind of a hike, but Rosenberries never get lost so we made it ok. The bright side of ...

... big name movies are played in English with Korean subtitles, so we were able to watch it without problems.
In the evening I got up at about 2am to be able to listen to Justin pitch. I'm so proud of my technological knowledge! I had to use a proxy server in order to listen to the game because the broadcast was from a team that didn't allow listeners outside of the US. It was a great game though, and definitely worth the ...

... re*lly nice suit get's on the bus right before we *re due to dep*rt *nd st*rts with this ... "ting p*nk tong w* ju keen sh*, bl*h, bl*h, bl*h" ... for fooooooorrty-fiiiiiive minutes, it seemed like (notice the "Alice's Rest*ur*nt reference, he he.) Re*lly, it w*s only *bout 3 or 4 minutes, *nd then * guy, in *n equ*lly nice suit, gets on with * plethor* of w*tches in his h*nd *nd st*rts showing them to everybody on the bus, trying to sell them, no ...

... I've learned that the reason I've been put on this planet might not manifest until I'm seventy--but in the meantime I'm learning all that I can so when it happens, I'll be fully informed :). God has held my hand--sometimes YANKING me through to where I am now...and though I'm envious of my friends who have families....and I'm envious of people my age making a living successfully...and of people who are steady and content in what they do daily... I ...

... and historical artifacts in the collection of the Gyeongju National Museum is so large that most of the objects cannot be displayed and are thus stored out of the view of the general public. The Gyeongju National Museum has maintained an archaeological research department for decades and staff there have conducted numerous field surveys and excavations in North Gyeongsang Province. After the visit to the museum, we visited the royal tomb ...

... in Korea... It's definitely not everywhere and in your face like back home.... Which has been both good and bad. Christmas isn't a "normal" holiday here--they have so many after all... AND, this one is mostly only celebrated by Christians...which is logical I suppose. There are a lot of Christians here, believe it or not. In fact, I can see four or five neon crosses--indicating "Church Here," outside my apartment window ...

... I'd translate the whole thing for Jeremy until she got to the punchline, which I almost never understood. Everyone on the tour was a Korean-American immigrant who'd been living in States, like my mom. Some of them had brought their kids, who spoke limited English, like myself. There were a few non-Korean significant others, like Jeremy. The 30 of us got on this big, fancy bus with a flat screen TV in the front ...

... these vedors set up tents with tables and chairs, and you can eat a meal in them. We just had pork bbq again. (I'm still learning the names for everything.) I'm lovin' the bbq here. It's what I eat mostly... Your meat is cooked over coals on your own table. Usually, you wrap the meat in a variety of lettuces, and put onions, garlic, herbs, sauces, etc in the wrap, and eat! Depending on the restaurant ...

... and a belt, complete with a choice of buckles. The wallet and belt have that "ummmm, leather" smell and the whole thing came nicely presented in a fancy, expensive looking box. The only problem is at this stage of my life I'm far from being classed as anything close to a business professional so I might just put my new accessories into storage so they are in good condition when I do reach, if at all, my ...

... down the mountain and back to civilisation. It had been an experience for sure. But just not one we were ready to repeat. So after stuffing our faces with croissants, courtesy of a fake French bakery (they are everywhere) we boarded the train to Gyeongju. Gyeongju was the capital city during Korea's Silla Dynasty and the city and surrounding areas are awash with relics, tombs and temples. Or so we are led to believe anyway. Basically, by the time we arrived in ...