It's only been a short time since my last post, but I've got a lot to tell you! I had a great two days back at Asakawa before the weekend started. On Friday I went to Marc and Tanya's after school. Juha and Megan came as well and we ordered take out for dinner. We hadn't all gotten together in a while and it was really nice seeing them again. We hung out and played board games for a while (I won!) and had a great night. I meant to go home early to get some rest before my next trip, but I ended up staying later than I meant to because I was having such a good time!
On Saturday I met Megan again to head into Hakata. We went in early to exchange our Yen for Korean Won and then caught a ferry at noon. The ferry was a little under three hours and we quickly landed in Busan, Korea! Our hotel was only a 10 minute walk from the ferry terminal and we found it pretty easily. We'd gotten the hotel because of how cheap it was, but were really happy to find the room was beautiful! We even had a view of the bridge and nearby ocean! Although the room was nice, we were eager to get out and see things. We walked over the bridge to the shopping district. We walked around for a bit and had a late lunch. We really wanted to also go see Avengers: Age of Ultron because it wouldn't come out in Japan until July, so we found a movie theater nearby playing it and went. It was a great movie and afterwards we went to get some coffee and talk about the movie. We were at the coffee shop for about an hour before we started getting hungry for dinner and decided to check out the area around our hotel. I'm really glad we did, because although it had looked a little dead earlier in the day, at night it was completely lit up with small restaurants and bars everywhere! We just wandered the streets for another hour enjoying seeing everything we could. Eventually our hunger got the better of us and we decided to try a small BBQ place. I wish I could tell you the name of the restaurant, but it was all in Korean and I have no idea what it was called! It was small, but one of the servers spoke both English and Japanese, so we could easily communicate. Despite having gone in on a hunch and not knowing anything about it, we ended up with a fantastic meal! The restaurant's specialty was pig skin, so we had that along with some pork for the BBQ. For Korean BBQ you also get lettuce, vegetables, garlic, and sauces to wrap the meat you cook. It was a perfect end to the day! We headed back to our hotel after dinner since it was almost midnight by the time we finished and got a good nights sleep.
We slept in a bit, but were our of the hotel by 10 AM. We found online a 4D version of the movie and decided to see if we could go. We were hoping to go to a 4D version when it came to Japan, but in Korea is was much cheaper! There were just a few seats left, so we grabbed some before heading out to find breakfast. We wanted to also go to Yongdusan Park, so we found a cafe on the way called Whoever Cafe. Breakfast was perfect and we continued to the park afterwards. The park was beautiful and had a lot of famous building and statues. We saw Busan Tower, the Palgakjeong Pavilion, Cheongdongyongtap (bronze dragon statue), the Flower Clock, and the Busan Citizens' Bell Pavilion. It was a really beautiful spot and I'm so happy the weather held out for us to see it all! We stayed at the park for a while, but eventually headed back down toward the shopping district. Megan wanted to buy a shirt, so we did just a little bit of shopping before heading back to the theater for the movie. The 4D was really fun! All the seats moved, air blew around you, and there were even squirts of water all timed and relevant to the movie. I'm glad we'd already watched it once, though, because all the movement could get a bit distracting. It was really, really fun, though! After the movie we headed back to the ferry terminal and got there just in time to catch the ferry back to Hakata. We had dinner a great Mexican restaurant before catching the train back home.
I'm back at Asakawa this week and I'm excited for some quiet. I'm glad to be back at this school for now with no plans but to relax for a bit.
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