Korean Bowling

A few weeks ago I went on a bowling trip with my friend, Sarah's school. It might not be candlepin bowling at Sacco's Bowl Haven, but it was certainly a fun night. Honestly, bowling in Korea is no different than bowling in America except that instead of getting pizza or a hot dog as a late night snack we had duk bolki and goon mandu. My high score for the night: an enviable 54. I'm blaming my score on the fact that I have only gone candlepin bowling in the last five years not regular bowling. Despite my lack of bowling ability, I had a great time bowling with a bunch of Korean university students.

Me and Sarah and some of her students

Me and some students

What form!

Cute Korean Children 2

We got a new batch of preschoolers at the beginning of March and they are adorable.

A Few Weekend Trips

I know, I know, It's been an entire month. My sincere apologies for my very few dedicated blog readers out there. This post is way overdue. I meant to post about this weeks ago but life happens and I got very sidetracked with who knows what.

Well, I took two weekend trips over the past month and a half. The first was to Gyeongju over Lunar New Year in mid-February. Gyeongju is a small city with a lot of history. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla and is often refered to a "a museum without walls." While in Gyeongju we visited the Seokgram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple among other sites.

The next trip I took was a week and a half ago to Busan, the second largest city in Korea. We went down there on a whim on a very nice saturday afternoon. and returned the following sunday morning. This trip didn't include any of the cultural stuff I hope to see soon. It was strictly a fun trip of hanging out at Haeundae Beach and the nearby casino. It made me happy to be able to see the ocean again and put my feet in the sand. I like that there are decent beaches to go to when the weather gets nicer even though they don't compare to Jersey beaches. I expect I'll be spending a lot of time down in Busan over the summer.

A Buliding at Bulguksa Temple

Me in at the temple

A pillar

Seokgram Grotto

A view from the roof of our hotel
Paradise Hotel and Casino (nothing like Atlantic City)

Me and Friends
Haeundae Beach
Another view of the beach