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3 Dec 2013

My trip to seomyeon 서먼

Today I woke up and decided to eat breakfast at the hotel Instead of feasting on ramyeon and bap from the convenient 7-11 store.
The kind kitchen staff introduced the breakfast menu but insisted I ordered the western full breakfast option as they wanted to know how I rated their cooking.

   I must say it was very tasty even tho it doesn't look quite like the full English from back home. I found it quite odd I had a wide selection of drinks apple juice , orange juice,  milk and Hazelnut coffee.  It was served of sweet bread with butter and jam fried egg oranges and what I think was fried spam. There was also a bowl of fresh salad with a rather tasty dressing. 
  Today I planned a trip to seomyeon and since I studied the subway map quite well I figured it wouldn't be so difficult to get there by myself from yeonsan.
The busan subway system is quite easy to use and similar to that of the London underground however using colour and numbers for each line makes things more simple. 

  I found myself strolling around quite easily and felt so content and in my element. There are hundreds of shops stores restaurants and coffee shops street after street and you are completely spoilt for choice. 
One thing I can definitely say is you will never get bored in korea especially Busan there are way too many choices and options its just amazing. 
  I was so happy when I strolled upon a cat cafe!! Its somewhere i always wanted to go to! I drank an ice green tea latte there and spent about an hour playing with the kitties before meeting my friend after his class. There were many diffdifferent breeds of cats all perfectly groomed and playful. Its an amazing cafe to visit if you love cats.
   Taehyun introduced me to a famous street food snack called 호떡  it tasted like a sugar donut with many different kinds of nuts and seeds it was soooo delicious!!!
   I then Insisted on eating galbi as I was looking  forward to eating korean bbq food for such a long time! I got quite merry drinking soju which im making quite a habit of doing since I arrived like a proper korean ㅋㅋ.
    My day ended with a trip to TomNToms coffee shop before returning back to my hotel. It's been such an interesting day and ive loved every moment of it. Exploring alone has helped me gain so much more knowledge and understanding and I think im beginning to become very fond of Busan if not more than Seoul.

2 Dec 2013

A visit to my friends house

I pretty much slept away Saturday day as me and Taehyun had gone for chicken and beer Friday night and I some how ended up drinking soju and cidre for fear of not being able sleep.

Saturday night I arranged to meet Kim and go round to his home and eat dinner with his family. His family are always so kind to me and I was excited to eat Korean foods especially prepared by his mother as she is such a good cook.

His mother mostly prepared my favourite foods I was happy because she made chapchae and bulgogi and it was soooo delicious ♥
  I played for a while with doggie chorong for a while before going out for Saturday night drinks with Taehyun and his younger brother.
It was the first time me and his brother Tae sik had met and he introduced me to a nice place for drinks and more food!!!

It ended up being a really good night I hadn't laughed so much in a long time. Tae sik was definitely on my level hes a really fun to be around. We ended up drinking soju and moving around a few more bars where we ended up persuading tied Taehyun to stay out until.4am haha. 


I finally arrived!

So It didn't seem that long of a journey this time and I was able to explore a little bit of seoul airport and spa while I waited for my flight to Daegu.




It took only 50minutes to reach Daegu by flight it was pretty convenient and saved time. 
I arrived and met my brother kim and we took the KTX train to Busan.It was pretty exciting as it was my first time to ride the KTX which is known as one of the fastest trains and transportation. 





 


 I reached Busan and it was just
Amazing it the whole station was completely lit up with Christmas lights and a wonderful tree! The atmosphere was so good and I remember feeling so happy to be back in Korea.