I'm Back!

Whether in the States or here in Korea, I make sure to have fun wherever I am!  There has been a noticeable change to Ulsan while I was away.  It took about 10 minutes after getting off the airplane in Seoul to feel the difference. It was especially noticeable while in line waiting to get through customs.  It was so hot and humid it made waiting tick by even slower than usual!  When I left, it was summer, and it had been getting hot, but within the month I was gone there was quite a dramatic change.  It reminds me of the frog in a boiling pot of water concept.  If I would have been there all of August I might not have noticed so much of a change.

Trevor and I don't let the heat get us down, though.  We spent a lovely evening having a picnic at the beach.  We had a basket and pb&j's and found starfish and looked at seashells and skipped rocks in the water.  It had been sunny and hot and humid all day so I had planned this surprise for when Trevor came home from work.  By the time 4:00 had rolled around, in came the clouds, trying to ruin our fun again!  It wasn't quite warm enough to enjoy a swim in the ocean but the sun peeped back out and made for a lovely evening!

애슐리 is "Ashley" in Korean characters

This weekend, Trevor and I went to the downtown area to go to a flea market we had seen advertised.  We weren't sure what time it started so we went around 10:00 assuming such and event would be kind of an all day thing.  It wasn't.  It started at 1:00.  Luckily, downtown has so many things to do and see so we went exploring for a while.  We happened upon this "American" buffet/salad bar called Ashley Grill and Salad (shout out to lil' sis' Ashley :D).  I think that some of their chefs need to go to America because some of their dishes weren't very close to American cuisine.  Their select few desserts were my favorite part (of course) and I was more than happy to go back for seconds (or thirds) of some of the desserts.

After lunch, we finally got to the flea market where there was a line of people and a spinning wheel and magnetic darts.  Each person got the chance to hit a dart on the spinning wheel and win a prize.  It was so exciting!  Trevor got a coupon for $1 off a drink at a nearby cafe and I got something that Trevor translated as a "rocket box".  We had to go to the information desk at the flea market to find out what my prize was.  The lady at the spinning wheel seemed quite excited for me when I landed on "rocket box" so I was even more excited!  What "rocket box" meant was there was a box of a bunch of papers that would indicate what prize you would get at the information desk.  I got a bar of soap.  YAYyyyyyyy....... My bar of soap for a prize was just about as exciting as the flea market in it's entirety.  There were 10-15 booths set up all together and there wasn't anything that caught either of our attention.  We ended our trip getting $1 off of a milkshake and headed home.

I am so glad to be back with Trevor and I have high spirits for the rest of our time here in Korea.  We wish all our friends and family the best and hope to keep in touch.  I wouldn't mind a pen pal or two ;) If you would like our address, just message Trevor or I and we will be more than happy to provide it :D

p.s. my next post will probably be about bugs so keep an eye out!!!

 This special video gem is of this little "ride" in a basement arcade room downtown.  It spins around and bounces the people around like popcorn.  I didn't even video the most exciting part.  A couple of girls there decided it was amusing to be in the foreigner's video.