This weekend my group of friends planned a trip to Busan, Korea’s second largest city. There were a little over 30 of us so we rented a “pension house”, which is basically just a rental home. We had 2 rooms, 1 giant bed, 1 bathroom, and a ton of fun!
I left my school at 4:00 on Friday and arrived at the house around 11:00. We went to a Mexican restaurant to grab some dinner since we had all been traveling and were starving by that time. Unfortunately the kitchen was closed so we snacked on some nachos and then headed back to the pension to meet up with everyone. Then we went to a nearby club and stayed out wayyyy too late. We ended up getting to sleep around 7:00 only to wake up at 9:00 the next morning!
On Saturday we started off with lunch because by the time all 30 of us had showered/woken up it was noon. We split up into groups and my group found an Irish pub with some amazing food! I had a burger, fries, and mashed potatoes and I will definitely be going back there next time I’m in Busan because it was delicious. Then we all headed to the beach to meet up with the other groups and after playing in the water/on the rocks by the ocean we decided to go to a Buddhist temple. It ended up being on the side of a cliff overlooking the ocean and it was absolutely gorgeous. We walked around and relaxed on some rocks for a few hours and then headed back to the house. One of the girls who lives in Busan made us all dinner, rice and bulgolgi (beef in a sweet barbeque-like sauce). After that we had noraebong (karaoke) in the living room and then I went to bed because I had gotten all of 2 hours of sleep the night before and was so exhausted!
Sunday I woke up early and refreshed and a few of us went out for breakfast while everyone else was sleeping. We went to a Chinese restaurant and I had dumplings and omorice, which is fried rice covered in an egg. We went down to the beach to walk off our breakfast when we were done and then headed back to the pension to help clean up and pack. We were out of the house by noon but none of us were ready to leave this gorgeous city, or each other, so we decided to go to a fish market. I am not a fan of seafood but we ate lunch at a small restaurant in the market and they literally must have killed the fish moments before because it was the freshest fish I’ve ever had. We walked down rows and rows of streets selling fish, turtles, live octopus, eel, really any kind of seafood you can imagine! After walking around for a few hours carrying all of our luggage we decided it was time to split up and head home. It took me about 6 hours to get home and I arrived back around 11:00. Luckily today is my school’s anniversary so I have the day off!
I’m actually still in bed right now at 2pm so I should probably get up and start my day! Here are some pictures from my weekend:
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