Back to Seoul via Busan: A Weekend in the South, Part 4

The final installment!  It’s here!  Now I can finally start writing about other things again…  Although I must say, this Busan trip is one of the highlights of my time in Korea thus far.  Well worth the four posts it’s taken me to share it with you.

So.  Late afternoon on Saturday.

Island Hopping: A Weekend in the South, Part 3

I woke up bright and early Saturday morning ahead of the sunrise and couldn’t go back to sleep (I never can when I sleep outdoors), so I decided this was just going to be one of those 4-hours-of-sleep kind of days.  Why not?  That’s what coffee is for.

Live Octopus & Beach Camping: A Weekend in the South, Part 2

A continuation of Part 1… (Prepare yourselves, queasy readers.)

Let me pick up where I left off — dinnertime on Friday.  

Hello, Busan: A Weekend in the South, Part 1

Last week was quite the whirlwind.  Besides having midterms, my friend Will and I were in the midst of planning our weekend trip out of Seoul.  While there’s still a plethora of things to do here in the capital (take a look at my “to do list” for the specifics), I wanted to take advantage of my one 3-day weekend of the semester and go on an adventure.

“Summer Vacation” in Busan

I’m officially done with midterms!  The testing period ended today with the writing and reading comprehension exams; we took the speaking and listening tests yesterday.  Whew.

This means we now have our “summer vacation”, which is hardly a vacation