Lunar New Year 2013

This past weekend we celebrated Lunar New Year. Adam and Shae took us to a cute little town, Miryang. It was about a 45 min drive through mountains. It reminded us of our home in North Carolina. On our way home we stopped at a temple and walked around. You may wonder what I am holding... Well that is Flat Stanley. Flat Stanley was sent to me from the school I used to teach at in NC. I am suppose to take pictures with him and record what we did together. Then he is sent back to school with some goodies and they share his adventures with the class.

The entrance gate

The building surrounded by lanterns

Stanley wanted  a closer look at the lanterns.

Stanley wanted to ride the dragon..we tried to talk him out of it but he wanted an adventure... and an adventure he got. However, I don't think Stanley can swim.

Stanley spotted kimchi pots and had to get his picture taken with them.

He also wanted to ring the bell but we wouldn't let him.

This is the coolest police station we have seen here. I wish all of them looked like this but they don't.

After our fun Saturday we went home and packed for our other adventure. We woke up extremely early Sunday morning to start our trek to church. After we stood out in the freezing cold for an hour we remembered that it was a holiday and that the buses might not run. On our way back to the apartment Nick waved down a taxi that took us to the bus station. These buses luckily were running and we made it just in time to jump on ours. We were 15 min. late for our 9 o'clock meeting.

      After church we jumped on a bus to Busan. Nick and I sat in the last two seats available and the rest of the people had to stand. We had two stops before our stop. At the first one a lot of people got off and Nick and I were able to find two seats together. A lot of people got on and the bus took off  again. The next stop was short and sweet, only a couple of people go off and a lot of people wanted to get on but they didn't want to stand so they got off. At this time a couple got on the bus and the lady stood next to my chair and her boyfriend was in front of her facing the driver. The ride took much longer that it was suppose to because of stop-n-go traffic. The bus was hot and smelly and everyone was ready to get off. Nick and I tried to nap through it thinking it couldn't get much worse. Then it did..... the guy who was standing in front of us (So grateful for that) Sneezed vomit! Let me repeat we heard a sneeze and looked up to see vomit coming from his nose and mouth, spraying all over the seats and people in front of him. OH THE SMELL, OH THE HORRIFYING PICTURES OF THAT MAN THAT I CANNOT GET RID OF IN MY MIND. I dug through my backpack and found napkins and tissues I pushed to his girlfriend. She tried to hand them to him but he just stood there with snomit all over his face. Snomit is our new word (it is sneeze and vomit together). When the people got over the shock they started to act. The back of the bus opened the vent in the roof and that helped the smell go through. The lady at the front grabbed some newspapers and cleaned off the seats and put them on the floor. We did not arrive to our stop until about an hour after this happened. 

The first thing we saw after getting off the bus was this frog with a cape. We were so happy to be off the bus we took a picture if it.

PRAISE THE FROG!

 We made our way to our motel

 We had no idea what we were getting into here. It had "mood" lighting in the room.

 We had slippers and robes waiting for us as well. It was a cheap and fun experience.

We both took showers to clean off the nasty snomit and then to sleep.

We woke up and went exploring in the shopping district of Busan.

This is a HUGE Crunky bar

 Nick loved this guy. He had statues all over the shopping area.

 Our breakfast.. Nick thought the baguette (that said it was garlic) would actually taste like garlic. Instead it tasted like sugar and garlic.. It went to the trash.

Welcome to the Fish market!

 This bad boy got out of the bucket and tried to leave. The old lady grabbed him and put him back in.

 Some random man jumped in the picture.. It was great.. Oh and the thing I'm hold is a twisted potato that I thought was fried and salted.. IT WAS SUGAR! (This also went to the trash)

Welcome to Busan It was a great first visit. Can't wait to visit again!

We met Adam and Shae in Busan for some Costco shopping before we left. On our way home it started snowing.  I will leave you with a picture of Stanley and the snow!