Random Date to Heyri

On Friday, Cindy and I were trying to find a cute place to grab lunch. Her cousin suggested Heyri. Without knowing how far it was, we took a subway and hopped onto a bus which took us 45 minutes out of the main city. We went into the countryside and finally arrived at Heyri which is a place filled with cool architectural exhibits and galleries.

Since our main purpose was to get lunch, we walked around only to find that most of the food places were closed! We finally found a cute little cafe called Lime Tree. I had a chicken/bacon sandwich and it was quite delicious.

Since I had class at 4PM, we walked around only for a little bit before heading back to Seoul. This is definitely a place I would like to come back when I have more time.

Children's Day Holiday

May 5th is Children's Day in Korea. So it was a holiday and thus no school/no internship. My suitemate Cindy and I decided to take an adventure to Gwangju which is a 2.5 hour train ride south. We woke up really early only to miss our 7:20am train by 4 minutes. We had to wait an 1.5 hours for the next one. Once there we went to the Gwangju Photonics Expo. It was a exhibition all about lights and light technology. Since it was Children's Day there were alot of families. The best part was the night when MC Mong came out a performed a concert. He is a really famous entertainer in Korea.

BUSAN/Gyeongju

Two weekends ago, I went to BUSAN with the EAP study abroad program. People usually take a train which takes about 2 hours to get down but since we had a handful of college kids, we rented a bus. It took us more than 5.5 hours to get down. We left friday night around 7pm and didn't get there until 1am or so. The first night we went to Haeundae Beach and then to a food/drink place to eat and have some beer with the entire group.

Even after only sleeping 4 hours, I woke up at 8AM to go on the trip to Gyeongju. I originally planned to stay in Busan but I got ready in 10 minutes and hopped onto the bus to Gyeongju. It was really beautiful. We went to a lot of Buddhist temples and the king's grave. We also went to a place with a field of flowers. The weather was really nice and so it was absolutely beautiful! I'll let the pictures tell the story.

That Saturday night after doing a lot of walking, the EAP kids split up at night time. I went to a club called Elune which was at Paradise Hotel in Busan, right next to the beach. It was really fun and the music was great.

After another night of 4 hours of sleep, we woke up Sunday morning to go to Jagalchi fish market where we at San-najki (live octopus).

After a tiring day of walking around the fish market and flea market, we headed back to Haeundae beach and had a delicious buffet at a place called "The Party." It certainly was a "party" to my taste buds! The food was delicious and I ate until I could barely breathe. My cousin and her family were also in Busan during the same weekend and so after the buffet, I met up with her and her kids. Then went back on the bus for a 7 hour bus ride home =(

this was only my FIRST serving at the buffet

But I have to say, I LOVE BUSAN and I can't wait to go back. The beach is beautiful!