We have been doing a lot of touristy stuff lately. We finally feel comfortable getting around, so each weekend we venture out more and more. The culture shock is starting to wear off. We have been here for almost two months and things are starting to feel natural. We love our new friends because every weekend is very eventful and we get to share it with them.
Last week we went to Busan. Busan is a city just south of Ulsan. It takes about an 1hour and 1/2 by train to get there. Jayson and I checked out Shinsegae, which is the biggest “department store” in the world. So, they say. It’s pretty big, but it reminds me more like a mall rather then a department store. There are a lot of stores, a movie theater, an ice skating rank, and a spa. Then we took a subway to Haeundae Beach. It was very beautiful. In the summer the beach will be filled with umbrellas and thousands of people. We met up with some friends ate Mexican food (it is the closes place to eat mexican, oh it was so amazing). We then went to a bar to drink and play pool. Good times. That day we took a train, a bus, the subway and a taxi.
This weekend I went with a church group and went to the Busan Orphanage. It was a lot of fun. It was explained to me that the kids are not adoptable because they have family near them (like aunts and uncles), but they cannot afford to take care of them. There are about 90 kids living at the orphanage ages form 2 to high school. The kids were really fun. We brought paper, pens and chalk for arts and crafts. Someone brought ingredients for no bake cookies. I ended up teaching a dance class, of course. The kids did not speak much English, but it doesn’t take much to share a game or draw with a child:) Very rewarding.
Jayson went with some friends to a soccer game. It was the Ulsan Tigers versus the Jeju Pride. The score was 1-0. They were the only group of foreigners. A stadium guy took a picture of them and put it on the jumbotron(sp?). During halftime they had people kick American footballs into the gaol. Why? We don’t know. Soccer is very popular and they had a great time.
Today we went to see Cherry Blossoms in Geyongju. They were so beautiful. The cherry blossoms will only last a few weeks, so even though the weather was questionable, we still went. We met up with our South African friend Melvin and took some beautiful pictures. We enjoyed some delicious Italian food in the cutest restaurant. Funny story: We were taking pictures of each other and all of a sudden a Korean man offers to take a picture of us. That was nice but then he proceeds to follow us for the next hour or so. He said he was at Geyongju to meet foreign english people. He wanted to be our tour guide and practice English with us. He was very nice, but hard to talk to. He did explain the tombs, fortress ruins, ancient ice house and various locations that we walked to. I think we will run into that a lot. There are a lot of Koreans that want to practice English with a foreigner. Pretty cool, I guess.
Anyway, my stories are not very interesting this time. So, take a look at the pics and enjoy:) Until next time....
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