9:01
Just had breakfast: toast, eggs, tea and such..

I was going to make an entry here about it.. but my head hurts too much.. gonna lay down for an hour before we go out to do sight-seeing touristy stuff today

6:51
This is gonna be a short entry, only here for 10 more minutes before we go out to a sashimi restaurant for dinner. THEN I’ll post more.
Alright, lets take this in order:
Breakfast. They had a western style menu with a choice of 2 eggs, toast, sausage and juice. It was good, yah.
So after that, came back up for about an hour and laid down. My head was starting to hurt and it only got worse as the day went on. The bus didn’t help either. Kim and I have decided that it’s not so much the roads, but the fact this bus has absolutely no shocks.
First stop was a 200 year old house, which showed.. well.. how a rich family would’ve lived that long ago.

9:16
Ran out of time.
Where was I? Oh yeah. So went to the historic home, looked around, took pictures and all that jazz.
Then to a museum across town. It looked massive, but only about half of it was open. Very nice, but not much to see. Which was alright with us honestly.
Then an hour drive over to Busan, and oh god did the bus knock around. Which made my eyes almost light themselves on fire in pain after a while.
First stop there was to the beach!
Too bad it was still about 40 degrees and misty. So we just looked around the Tourist Information Center there instead. I wish we’d had time to go to the aquarium next door. Boo.
Then off to lunch. A ‘famous place for that kind of fish’. What kind? Dunno. All I know is when boiled, the skin turns green.
And after that meal.. I knew I was done with Korean food. Not that it’s bad or anything.. it’s just not good. It lacks any flavor except hot spices you add in.
Then, off to Shinsegae, the world’s largest department store. 14 stories high with a spa, indoor driving range, movie theater, ice rink, rooftop park and THREE Starbucks!
But we only went in, used the bathrooms and left. Paraka (the leader) thought it’d be a waste of time to go shopping and would rather go to more ‘Korean’ places.
So then we stopped at the Busan Tower, 120m high overlooking all of the city.
Then down 5 sets of stairs to the Traditional Market, where they sold everything under the sun in tiny alleyways and corner shops. And by ‘everything’ I mean.. socks and fish. They had whole wagons full of socks with funny designs, faces, or slogans on them. And then the fish… oh lord the fish. All kinds as far as you could see sometimes. All fresh. It.. um.. was certainly something. And in walking over a mile of solid stuff, I only saw one thing I really wanted to buy (if I had any Korean money that is): fire-roasted sweet potatoes. Mmm~
But our guide, Lee, bought some and we shared. Go Lee!
By then, we were all tired, cold and tired. So we headed back to the hotel to rest and wash up to get ready for dinner. Okay, NOW I’m caught up. Once we were all ready, we walked around the corner to the Fish Market, where it looked like Walmart’s aquarium section. Rows and rows of live fish, eel, squid, shrimp and urchin/clam things.
And you don’t just buy them there. Oh no. Once you buy them, they actually can cook them right there, and serve it in small restaurants behind the counters. If it wasn’t so stomach turning, it’d be awesome.
I think I ate all of.. a quarter pound of fish, 2 mini-sweet potatoes and 4 cups of water. Everything else… uch. Like I said, thank god for the peanut butter included.
Once the booze got flowing, the prof’s turned red and giddy. Last we left them, Paraka was still singing to himself at the restaurant.
For now.. Shower and bed. Already drowsy. Hence the short entry about SO much stuff.
Remind me and I’ll fill it in later, since I’m sure I’ll have tons of time tomorrow, gonna be a lecture at a school. And no-one is looking forward to it. Haha..


BTW: New pictures will be uploaded to FB. First album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2242672&id=23211436&ref=nf