Kapjagi Korea: Happy Anniversary!

1 year ago, I was sealed forever to my best friend! I can't believe time has gone by so fast and that so much has happened within a year. To celebrate the occasion, Trevor and I spent a marvelous weekend in Busan, the 2nd largest city in South Korea. Busan is about an hour away which makes it a convenient place for a quick vacation.

degi gookbap

hoduck

The first evening there we spent time walking around exploring the area around our hotel and then going to the big downtown area that had a lot of fun shops and food stands and lots and lots of people. That night we indulged in several tasty treats. A new favorite snack of mine is called hoduck and is best described as a fried pancake with caramelized

peanut cinnamon flavored goodness on the inside. We also went to a little mom and pop Korean restaurant and had one of Trevor's favorites, degi gookbap which is a pork soup dish. The downtown area featured many snacks and treats such as the blueberry-whipped cream-honey waffle we both shared. YUM!

The second day was mostly spent shopping in a very large area full of assorted shacks selling any assortment of things your heart desires. Even though it makes me a grandma or "harmay", I've wanted to get a parasol that almost every older lady owns here. They are generally lacy and sparkly and above all, dainty. I found a beautiful one in one of the shacks filled floor to ceiling with parasols and umbrellas (yes they are different things, especially here). As if carrying around a parasol wasn't enough protection from the sun, we also visited several hat shacks searching for one I didn't feel too ridiculous in. I finally did it Kelley! I have a large brimmed sun hat to protect my pale face! If you know Trevor (or even if you don't know him you could probably guess), you know he isn't much fond of shopping. He has been wanting a new pair of sunglasses though and we found some that suited him well. It was so interesting to see everything that people were offering for sale in these hut-like shops and each store owner had their own interesting personality.

Seriously, floor to ceiling

That evening we hit up a "Mexican" restaurant where I had two "chipotle chicken tacos" and Trevor had a "chipotle chicken chimichanga" Although when they were brought out to us they looked like regular Mexican food, it wasn't as close to what you can find in Mexico or America as I had hoped. Don't get me wrong, my meal was pretty tasty but it was certainly made by Koreans (and I include portion size in the comparison as well).

The night was ended at the Busan International Dance Festival which was held on a stage on the beach which was amazing to be able to attend! My sweetheart is so good to me, letting me go to a dance event on our anniversary weekend! There were dances from several other countries and I've put together a conglomeration of all the video I took that night. I will include the link at the end of this post. The other video I will post is the entire clip of probably my favorite dance of the night which was a dance about the life of Edith Piaf, who was a very famous French singer. It might have been the choreography, the music, or simply the fact that it was about Edith Piaf that made me LOVE this dance. Nobody said anything about no filming or picture taking and everyone else was filming so I assume these videos aren't illegal ;) Hope you enjoy them and sorry about the poor videography, the fact that my camera can't focus very well especially with the lighting, and the fact that we were at the very back of the seating. I did my best in capturing the artistic beauty of the night.