Last weekend, For reals!

The last post was actually about the weekend before last! But some people did not catch on to this...

Updates:
I am taking Belly Dancing lessons every Tuesday and Thursday with my coworker in Cheonan! I love them!! They are so much Fun!! And on my way home it automatically puts me next to the largest dept store in the city every tuesday and thursday evening, which is a blessing and a curse!

I am not smitten with this Erick guy... (so stop bugging me Mom) I think we would be great friends!

I did not actually leave the house today... I really wanted to go to this AWESOME event in Seoul, but somehow i just could not get out of the house today! But I did bunches of laundry and dishes and swept and decorated a bit and watched Mary Poppins! (I LOVE that movie!) It put me in a great mood! But now I will tell you about last weekend!

So last weekend I went to Busan and hung out with Erick (the new friend I met the weekend before last) We went to the beach and to the bookstore and then went to church in Seoul on Sunday. It was cool, the weather was Amazing. But I spent WAY too much money on that trip! The fares are ridiculously expensive! I won't be doing that again for a while!

I like Busan a lot, the fresh wind off the ocean is so beautiful! And the ocean itself was a sight for sore eyes! I really love to look out at that endless expanse of water and just sigh and feel the wind in my face and think about life, the universe and everything. I really do love the sea!

I just like being by it or on a boat on it, not a big fan of being in it.

Unless the water is really clear, then I am happy as a clam (ignoring the fact that clams like muddy water) I hate murky water, not only can you not see what might be about to swallow you whole, (I am skeptical that giant sharks do not eye humans hungrily!) but I also like to see what my body is touching BEFORE it touches me!!!

Nevertheless, and despite the freezing temperatures, we did go swimming, a giant piece of slimy seaweed brushed my leg and I practically jumped out of my skin! Then erick stumbled across a .... well.... just leave it at "something really gross" and we high tailed it out of the water. Then we laid on the beach for a while but the wind kicked up and buffeted us with sand, driving sand deep into my ears and into every hair follicle and forcing me to squint... so we went for a cake at starbucks and had tea that I had in my bag. it was delicious and warming after the cold water.

Then we rode for a while on the subway to meet a friend that Erick knew and to see a beautiful bridge. It has little lights all over it which are REALLY beautiful at night! But I am unsatisfied with the number of stars! We looked and only counted 5, 5! in the whole sky!! I am tired of pollution! The bridge was beautiful, but the friend was drunk and not very fun to talk to, he kept asking me why I was a christian when terrible things happen in the world... I was sandy and hungry and not in the mood for the conversation. and then Erick (in spite of saying we would be back at the apartment complex (I was staying in his neighbors apartment which was vacant for the weekend) by 10) We ended up back at the apartment by 12:30!!!! I was ticked! and we got up at 7 and were very late for church! After paying a LOT of money for a bullet train ticket. and taking an expensive taxi that decided to take a lot of detours "to avoid traffic" right....... anyway... It was a very nice Weekend... (I am reminded of the part in "Into the Woods" where Cinderella describes the prince and the ball...



[CINDERELLA]
He's a very nice Prince.

[BAKER'S WIFE]
And-?

[CINDERELLA]
And-
It's a very nice ball.

[BAKER'S WIFE]
And-?

[CINDERELLA]
And-
When I entered they trumpeted.

[BAKER'S WIFE]
And-?
The Prince-?

[CINDERELLA]
Oh, the Prince...

[BAKER'S WIFE]
Yes, the Prince!

[CINDERELLA]
Well, he's tall.

[BAKER'S WIFE]
Is that all?
Did you dance?
Is he charming? They say that he's charming.

[CINDERELLA]
We did nothing but dance.

[BAKER'S WIFE]
Yes-? And-?

[CINDERELLA]
And it made a nice change.

[BAKER'S WIFE]
No, the Prince!

[CINDERELLA]
Oh, the Prince...

[BAKER'S WIFE]
Yes, the Prince.

[CINDERELLA]
He has charm for a Prince, I guess...

[BAKER'S WIFE]
guess?

[CINDERELLA]
I don't meet a wide range.

[BAKER'S WIFE]
Did he bow?
Was he cold and polite?

[CINDERELLA]
And it's all very strange.

[BAKER'S WIFE]
Did he speak? Did he flirt?
Could you tell right away he was royalty?
Is he sensitive,
Clever,
Well-mannered,
Considerate,
Passionate,
Charming,
As kind as he's handsome,
As wise as he's rich,
Is he everything you've ever wanted?

[CINDERELLA]
Would I know?

[BAKER'S WIFE]
Well, I know.

[CINDERELLA]
But how can you know what you want
Till you get what you want
And you see if you like it?

[BAKER'S WIFE]
Would I know?

[CINDERELLA]
All I know is-

[BAKER'S WIFE]
I never wish-

[CINDERELLA]
What I want most of all-

[BAKER'S WIFE]
Just within reason.

[CINDERELLA]
Is to know what I want.



Sunday was better... After church and the free lunch and the free korean lesson.... I was taken out on the town by an older gentleman, his wife and two girls my age, It was super fun, they took me out to dinner and shopping and walking along the man made stream that runs through the center of insadong... At least I think it was insadong.... We stayed out till 6ish, but I still managed to get home by 9ish. I am going to try to get home earlier tomorrow. Well that was my weekend....
Oh and I left my Camera in Busan! That's why it is out of commission!
I miss everyone... Please contact me... I think I'm homesick, or maybe it is Culture shock... Not sure.

Lauren the Adventurer