The Tale of Two Weekends & A Day in Between

First Weekend.
Two weekends ago, Ny and I went into Seoul for the International Fireworks Festival. We made a day of it and ate brunch before-hand at Harris Café in Gangnam. It's an Australian inspired restaurant with amazing food! Feast your eyes.

 

Ny's Big Breakfast with French toast.

 

Iced coffee with vanilla ice cream.

 

Banana Bread

 

My Eggs Benedict :)

 

Sunset in Seoul

 

On the Han.

 

Pizza and Remember the Titans! Perfect way to start the night! 

 

Thanks big brother Justin!

Justin advertising on the Han :)

 

So they begin!

 

I promise there were more colors!

 

From a distance...

 

Here are more colors! Japan's show was definitely the best.



Yay for a fun night with friends!

In between.

Wednesday was Hangul Day. By celebrating the birth of the Korean alphabet, we were actually given a (rare) day off! Thanks King Sejong!

 

Caramel Frappuccino's in mason jars. Sooo much perfection in this picture.

Beautiful day in Dongtan.



After eating at Outback, we found a secretly hidden arcade! Ny making them hoops!

 

Then, there was this unreal guy dishing out DDR skills.

 

Then... we decided to act like little Korean school girls.

I love having people I can be this ridiculous with! :D

Second Weekend.

I joined the welcoming team at my church and have been steadily meeting more and more people. This sweet girl on my team actually invited me to her wedding! I was so honored! My 2nd Korean wedding! We had a great time :)

 

An outdoor wedding! I wasn't expecting it, but it was really beautiful with the back hill covered in flowers!

 

Both weddings I've been to, the groom sings the bride a song. I think it's really adorable. This guy impressed me :) Way to go YS!

 

Groom walking down.



Here comes the bride!



Beautiful EJ <3

Taking photos with Liezel!

I love this girl!

 



Chuseok Activities!

It's time to feast your eyes on beautiful children, brightly colored hanboks, and fun Chuseok activities! I loved this morning at SLP!

 

Iguana Class being silly :P

 

Iguana Class being "serious" :)

Aden and Michelle making songpyeon.

Aden's Angry Bird songpyeon!

 

Bella, Emily, and Grace working away.

 

Ariel, Sally, and Sophia working as well.

Sophia made some beautiful songpyeon! She'll make a good wife someday :)

 

Excited to play yutnori!

 

 

Quite possibly the two cutest little girls at SLP.

 

Throwing the sticks in the air.

 

New group...

 

Looking at the results.

 Teacher Kelly & Sarah vs. Teacher Ruth & Ashleigh (Kelly & I ended up winning :)! )

Teacher, it's too hot and the sun is too bright! :(

 

Precious Grace!

 

Rooftop games!

 

Wearing Michelle's barrette in my hair :)

 Fun day at school!

Busan

Last weekend, me and my girls took a trip down to good ole Busan. Busan is the second largest city in South Korea and it's located next to the Eastern Sea. We made an early morning commute using the "slow" train and it look us a good 5 hours to get there. Once we arrived, we went searching for our "bed and breakfast". It was run by the cutest little lady in a nice apartment next to a subway station. Our hostess was a so sweet and fed us coma inducing amounts of food. Thanks to her, I've now fallen in love with Korean pears!

 

Sweet Mrs. Kim Geum Sil, our hostess :)

Our bedroom.

 

The bathroom. (yay for a bathtub!)

 

The livingroom.

 

Once we settled in, we went out and did a little exploring. First, we went to the Haedong Yongungsan Temple. Just going to this temple was worth the entire trip. The scenery was stunning!

 

 

 

Zodiac statues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buddha statues were EVERYWHERE!

 

 

We tried throwing coins into the turtles back and basket... it was really difficult.

Me being terribly unsuccessful.

Inside the temple.

 

 

An altar? I think... with fruit, rice, and soju on it.

 

Tons of lit Buddha's!

 

 

 

Great Goddess of Mercy

 

After the temple visit, we went to the Gwangalli Beach. The weather felt amazing and everyone was just strolling and shopping and enjoying life, just like we were. The Diamond bridge and buildings were all lit up. There was even a barge blowing off fireworks. It was a beautiful evening with great friends!

 

 

 

 

:)

 

The next morning, we work up to an amazing Korean breakfast. Oh my, too much goodness to handle! Most of the produce was grown on her farm!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awesome, right? We had a quick weekend, but it was very relaxing and good fun :)