Nongshim Hotel Busan

... guy that lives in Dan’s building.

I’ve been so mellow since I’ve been here (literally going to bed at 10ish and waking up before 7 everyday – actually getting enough sleep for the first time in my life) so it was kind of a nice switch to stay up late, drinking, and talking to other native English speakers. We finally called it a night around 3 and popped up the next day ready to get to Busan. One stop at e-mart later (snack /beer run ...

... right on my chest! Ewww....
The next day we got up early for a tour of a budist temple and then it was off to the beach! The temple was beautiful and the view of the ocean was amazing. After the temple Kate and I headed to the beach while mom and Connie went shopping. We really wanted to tan, and it was just a little overcast. We decided after a lot of thought to rent a blanket, split the cost, and lay on that to tan. It ...

... of those places where you can go for the weekend, and would probably be fun with a group of people. Last time, I went with Pauliina, and though her company is always nice, neither of us any idea where to go, or how to get there once we figured where we wanted to go.... I figure this time would be cool because we were going with some Koreans--which makes everything a little easier. Just as soon as we got all those ...

... every time we c*ll, combining the two words into one), *nd then * "click" th*t lets me know he hung up. They *re very to the point. We exit the room, lock it behind us, *nd w*lk *round to the other side of the building. The t*xi is *lre*dy w*iting for us. Pretty typic*l response time, *ctu*lly: 45 sec - 1 min. We get to the bus st*tion *nd purch*se tickets from * guy who looks like he might spend h*lf of his d*ys pushing up d*isies *lre*dy. Sitting ...

... feel a little bit (a lot) of responsibility to show/do things for people in my life who cannot. I WANT them all there to experience all this with me--that's why I talk about it all so much, and try to get them to be as excited about it as I am. If they can't go with me, it's ok. I enjoy that they can live vicariously through me.



More seriously though, I've always known I'm being led to do something, but I was impatient way back in my ...

... re everywhere. I'm not sure what the ratio of churches to Buddhist temples is....I'd be interested to know though... There are so many of each.



Having spent the last three Christmases (? not sure if that's spelled right...) at Michaels Arts and Crafts--where Christmas season begins in August--it was a little strange this year not really seeing ANYTHING remotely Christmas until well into December. I found ...

... I wanted to wear shorts and a tank-top you know? (I wore capris and a t-shirt). I was really excited about getting some sun!! My exposure is limited because I'm indoors all day, and my California skin is desperate for some Vitamin D and a nice golden hue....



It was HOT today. Ok, not THAT hot, but the sun was definitely shining, and there was a nice breeze to take the edge off. All morning I hear, "OHHH it's sooooo ...

Well we had one of the most exciting/traumatic mornings that we have had in a longtime today. It started at 4:30 am with Kieran coming into my dorm telling me it was 6:30 and we are late already, as it turned out his watch had been acting up lately and the time had changed by itself during the night. And fortunately we were not late but an hour and a half early....nice!!!!!! guess who had to make the brekky this morning???!!!! So ...

... out business cards days. · Cold Okay, even I noticed the cold in Busan so you can imagine how poor Meg felt. It's either officially winter down here or, most likely, we came from up north ill equipped for the colder southern coastal temperatures. Either way, it's cold and to Nick and his family we probably sounded like moaning westerners during our day sightseeing. I bet he wished he'd have bought me a ...

... on offer so, rather reluctantly, we hired bicycles and set off. Our first stop was Tumuli Park, home to 24 small man-made hills. The hills are actually the Korean version of the Egypitan pyramids; that is to say that they cover tombs in which royal family members were buried. The hills were built in such a way that any tunnelling into them (to steal the treasure with which the deceased was buried) would cause the entire structure to collapse. Nonetheless, excavations ...