Busan trip part 2

300 km/hr!
I see Ocean!!!
Welcome to Busan!!!
Just outside the Busan station.
So we dropped our stuff off at our hostel (guest house) and then went out exploring and we found the ocean!!!
Beautiful!

Busan April 19-20 (the first trip of more to come!)

7:15 am Sarah and I sitting on the KTX train and preparing ourselves to travel at Light speed!!!
(ok, maybe not quite, but it did go 300 km/h)

These pictures were taken with my camera from the train while we were traveling at 300 km/hr!

Korea has many mountains!
I have even climbed one!!! (coming in a later post)

FINALLY a REAL curtain + New rings!

I officially HATE curtains!
HOURS later, I finally have managed to have it stay up!
I looks normal, but do not be deceived! This curtain may have hooks but there is NO pole!
How you may ask? You would have to see it to believe it.
Let's just say that it better not EVER get dirty, because there is no way that I am every going to try and take it down and then put the darn thing back up!
And before you respond, NO, it is NOT pink! It is a lightish rosy colour. (there were no other choices)
This is my Happy Golden Birthday ring!
This year, for those of you who don't know, is my Golden birthday! (I am turning 28 on the 28th of Aug.)
I am not a big jewelry person, mostly due to the fact that I am allergic to metal (I have to wear 14 kt gold), but when I saw this ring in the store, my mouth literally dropped and I immediately fell in love with it!
Gold here is Korea is VERY cheep! Also all the gold you see is 14 or 18 kt. You can't even find 10 kt. (great for me!)
So, after about 1 month and a half of debating over it and looking to see if I liked any others better, I decided to buy it. I know it is early, but it was the only one in the store, and the price of gold is going up, so I didn't want to risk it jumping in price!
So Happy Birthday to me! :)
This is a Tiger Eye stone ring that I found in Seoul. (I usually wear stone rings because of my allergy to metal)
Unfortunately they break much more easily!

A few more pictures from the Secret Burial Shrine

3 hour tour...

Went on an adventure to find a Temple, which ended up a little like a Giligans Island show; a 2 1/2 hour tour. It was a beautiful day here in S. Korea with the sun high in the sky. Chris and I walked and found some hidden trails. Of course everyone you see on those trails are covered from head to toe, because it would be horrible to actually get any sun on any part of your body!
They also have walking sticks and and climb the hills like mountain goats! Between Chris with his beard and white skin and me with my pretty new dress :), showing even more white skin, the stares were never ending.
About 1 1/2 into our search, we finally came across the burial shrine that Chris was so sure it existed. I personally was beginning to doubt, but enjoyed the hike anyway.
The contrast was interesting to see. The ancient burial shrine just meters away from the modern buildings.


Good times!
Thanks Chris

Traditional Koeran Stage - Chongdong Theater 2

After the performance they had a meet and greet outside.
They continued with some of the music and some of the ladies had children join in in the dancing.

Traditional Koeran Stage - Chongdong Theater

Before the performance they had a selection of traditional costumes that you could dress up in for a small fee. It was a lot of fun! Like my Kim Bop hair?