I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Seaside Rendevous (July 24)

  • Today was beach day – and thank goodness, because it was just as hot as yesterday. Monique is a wonderful hostess/planner and has tons of great stuff planned for us to do. This afternoon’s adventures included a ferry ride around the coast to see some miniature islands and relaxation time on the beach. Monique napped, Donna read/napped and I floated on the water. I rented a tube and just rode the waves for a while. It was nice, and I like being in the salt water, even though it tastes funny and leaches the moisture from your body. After 6 we had to return our umbrellas, chairs, towels and tube, so Monique and I went in search of chicken. We found some that was yummy, crunchy and greasy – and coupled with our Coronas, it was a great beach meal.








  • Afterwards, we planned to go shopping around Nampo-dong but took a detour to find the Busan Cinema Center instead. With some help from some very gracious Koreans, we made it to the giant outdoor projection theater. It was pretty cool :)




  • THEN we went to Nampo-dong to see Busan’s Tower – it was a lot of walking and Donna ended up waiting at the bottom for us :/ It WAS a little bit of a hike but the view at the top was pretty great. You can see the whole city. And there was a nice old lady up there who, I imagined, was reminiscing about her late husband, as this tower is fashioned after the romantic Seoul Tower.

 
 
  • We missed Richard (he was working hard on his online class) but the silliness back at the apartment, induced by late-night snacking and a very hot day, made up for it.
 
 
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