If you look really closely, you can see an old Korean man walking down the trail. It helps put into perspective, just how huge and majestic this area is!
And finally, I made it to the very top!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
My Sunday Hike
Today was a gorgeous day... the perfect day, in fact, for a hike! Luckily, there's a huge mountain right behind my apartment with tons of beautiful hiking trails awaiting me at all times! I packed my camera along with a fresh apple, a bottle of water, some healthy crackers, and an adventurous spirit!
If you look really closely, you can see an old Korean man walking down the trail. It helps put into perspective, just how huge and majestic this area is!
If you look really closely, you can see an old Korean man walking down the trail. It helps put into perspective, just how huge and majestic this area is!
Back to the babies...
I can't stay away... I think about them everyday and am forming bonds with so many of them. Today, Kristen came with me and we spent the afternoon with the 3 babies in the area of the orphanage that I wrote about in my last blog. These babies have been abandoned on street corners in the last 3 months.
Stand up for what you believe in!
This is the 1st street protest I have ever witnessed in my 28 years of life. I wish I could have known what they were saying, or why they were protesting, but I think they were making their point - They were stopping rush hour traffic in Kyungsung (one of the busiest traffic and pedestrian areas of Busan) for goodness sake! Hope it was for a good cause!
Poison!
This may look like your typical bottle of 1/2 drunken diet coke, but no, no, no... don't be deceived! It's modern day poison - to Koreans at least! Literally every time I drink a diet coke (which is not often by the way) I have at least 1 woman tell me it's "ani choa" (not good for me)... and most of the time, they are complete strangers. How funny is that?!
Bagel toast
I saw a cute little toast shop this afternoon and thought it would be a yummy afternoon snack. I looked at the menu and saw "Bagel Toast." I though GREAT, I love bagels and haven't had one since I left the US!
"Hangeh (One) bagel toast juseyo (please)."
As you can see, it wasn't a bagel at all. It was actually 2 pieces of bread, 1 fried egg, a few pieces of fatty bacon, and to top it off, globs and globs of sweet jelly. Can you imagine the weird taste this mix created?... but more importantly; since when was that called "bagel toast?"
My "bagel toast" in the making.
As you can see, it wasn't a bagel at all. It was actually 2 pieces of bread, 1 fried egg, a few pieces of fatty bacon, and to top it off, globs and globs of sweet jelly. Can you imagine the weird taste this mix created?... but more importantly; since when was that called "bagel toast?"
