Friday, December 3, 2010
Virtual Apartment Tour
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The beginning of the end
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Fall in Busan
Monday, October 4, 2010
Update
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Summertime!
We went to the wedding of a friend’s friend. One of our co-teachers had a friend getting married, so we decided to tag along (it was totally okay and not weird, no worries). It was different from western weddings; Interesting, to say the least! Here we are with the beautiful bride in the "Bride's Room" before the wedding. Koreans have the reception part right…buffet of steak, sushi and desserts!
Cinco de Mayo is celebrated a little differently over here…May 5th is also a national holiday in Korea, but not for independence. It’s called Children’s Day, where every child in the city is spoiled by their parents and grandparents. We celebrated our day off by heading to the beach with some other friends from Texas. We enjoyed Mexican food and even a small bowl of guacamole! Happy Children’s Day!
In May we went to a kite festival on a beach way south of the city called Dadaepo. It was really cool. Amateurs and professionals flew kites of all sizes (some even made sounds when they flew!). Good thing it was super windy that day! It was the perfect day for a kite festival.
There are tons of festivals in Busan. It seems like every weekend we have the chance to experience something new and cultural. Here we are at the Sand Festival on Haeundae Beach in Busan. Hauendae is the most popular tourist and vacation spot in Korea (on the mainland).
Busan International Motor Show (BIMOS) is a huge event put on every year by the automobile industry. There were cars from economical to luxury, and smart cars to huge tour buses.
Alaina has a job at the local English radio station. She teaches a children’s program called “Power Phonics Corner” every weekday. It’s 90.5 Busan eFM if youre interested in tuning in!
Another national holiday fell in May, buddha’s birthday. While of course we did not celebrate this event, we did enjoy the beautiful lanterns the city decorated with.
Beomeosa Temple
The Busan Museum of Modern Art currently has an exhibit of “Monet to Picasso” from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Many artists were represented including Rodin, Gauguin, Van Gogh and of course Monet and Picasso.
It's election time here in Korea, which means one thing: lots of dancing and singing to the candidates official songs. The supporters ride around in trucks playing loud music from the back with choreographed dance moves. We decided (if we could vote) to choose the best dance crew for city elections.
Oh! We bought bikes, too!
We call this...."Yoga Turtle".