That Buddha Temple on the Sea

Leaving Jeju was rather uneventful. Our Ferry made it to Mokpo late and we had to get up really early to catch the first bus out of there.  Because we wanted to make the most of our time but also didn't want to drag a butt load of luggage around the country, we had to go back to our apartment and pick up bags before we went to Busan.  It ended up being a day spent inside a bus. We were so tired.

 When we made it to Busan we were staying in a completly different area than we usually do. Seomyeon was a great area because it was between everything we wanted to do. We only had one full day to explore so we did as much as we could. We chose to go to Haedong Yonggungsa Temple (해동 용궁사) the temple on the sea just because its been one of our favorite places to visit on the Korean peninsula.

 On our walk to the entrance we ran into the Zodiac statues. Mom is a Ram and Don's a Monkey.

There are some cute wishing wells a way off from a bridge. If your coin made it in it brings you good luck... Nick made it in and everyone that saw cheered for him.

We made it to the beach and collected some sea shells. If you look at the left side of the picture you can see us. Nick's in a yellow shirt, I'm is coral Shirt and Valerie is in gray. 

We tried out some new ice cream.  Here in Korea we hove found out there are many ways to ice cream.  One way we have tried here is the type that is made with liquid nitrogen, which is quite fun to watch, like watching a science experiment in action.  That style is actually pretty popular, you've probably heard about it back there in the States.  That picture up there is of ice cream made in a very different way.  You've probably been to Coldstone or something similar where they take the ice cream and place it on a cold marble slab and mix ingredients into it, well these guys took it a step further.  They mix flavoring into a cream and then pour that onto a cold metal plate and then work it over until it's all frozen.  We liked this way better than the liquid nitrogen, which has a tendency to be buttery in texture.

Early the next morning Mom and Don left :( Vacation was over, it had happened so fast and it was so amazing. We loved having them here and showing them some of our favorite places and going to some places we had never been to before. They gave us the excuse we needed to travel Korea.