Exactly one week after I said goodbye to my mom and grandma, Beka and I headed to Busan to pick up Sarah. As with my family I couldn't really believe it until I saw her walk through the door! We headed to our hostel and chatted a bit before
heading to bed to rest for the next day's hike.
Although we took a cable car part of the way, our hike was still a whole day ordeal!
Sarah was a trooper hiking through jet lag!
It was a beautiful day and a beautiful hunt for Seokbul-Sa temple. We had planned on
taking the cable car back down, but due to the extent of the hike, time wouldn't allow.
Right before this, we met a nice Korean man to make sure we didn't make a wrong turn at the last minute. He let us pet his golden retriever and feed him a moonpie. Yep, moonpie.
He pointed us in the right direction and told us we were almost there.
On the way down we enjoyed a beautiful sunset
overlooking nearby gardens and the view of the city.
That night we walked along Haeundae Beach, and the next day we visited again.
We checked out Nampo-Dong shopping district, and went to the Busan Tower.
We were thankful Sarah came over Chuesok. This allowed us to have
time to take a trip to Jinju for the lantern festival. It was a blast!
Finally, we explored our hometown a bit, walking along the rice fields and attempting to talk the locals about farming. Afterwards we headed to the restaurant that's a few feet from our place to have a traditional Korean meal: bori bap. We were mistakenly calling it bi bim bap. Bori bap has barley and rice instead of just rice, with vegetables,
delicious hot paste and sesame oil.
Our town, Soobi
Bori-bap!
On cinco de octubre we held had drinks in a pouch and went to a noraebang.
We played an intense game of Jenga and sang our hearts out. Man, was it fun!
We ended our trip back in Busan with shopping at Shinsegae, purchasing matching ajuma pants (you know you love 'em!) and having a fashion show at our hostel.
As I said in my blog about my mom and grandma, it's truly so amazing to have friends and family visit when living abroad. I'm so glad Beka and I could share our experiences and show her our life here in Korea! Until next time, soul sister!
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