One of many gorgeous views from APEC park.
Me looking silly next to a light house at APEC park.
My Korean teachers at work took pity on me and decided to entertain me Monday. We went to APEC park. In 2005 the city of Busan hosted the Asian Pacific Economics Cooperation conference, and built an entire, beautiful, park for the occasion. The park is complete with a bouncy walking/jogging track full of entertaining speed walkers and a gorgeous ocean view.
On Tuesday I went to Korean class. Korean class is absolutely free and run by a Korean man named Sunny (Korean name unknown). Beyond learning essential Korean phrases there, I have also met many fellow foreigners from all parts of the world and many Koreans.
Today I went to the beach in Busan. I've met a friend through church (yes, I go to church here), and her and her Korean husband took me. There apparently was some debate as to whether Korea had waves. Today Henry (the husband) proved his wife wrong: there are indeed very large waves in Korea. The unfortunate side effect of the waves is that many Koreans can't swim. While there is no direct correlation between the two things, the unfortunateness was due to the fact that they did not allow us in the water in order to protect the land loving Korean population. All in all, it was still a wonderful day and I look forward to what the rest of the week will bring.
Nota Bene: Korea seems to be greatly affecting me already. The line about waves being the reason Korean's can't swim is similar to the comment I received from one of my students about basketball. It seems that Korean boys are under the impression that if you want to be tall, you should play basketball. ::sigh::
4 comments:
You mean playing basketball won't make me taller?!?!
Sounds like a good time. Are there places they do let people swim in the ocean?
They let people swim in the ocean, but they aren't used to waves (which is why the debate happened, because Nancy had never witnessed waves here before), we just went on an unfortunate day.
Care Bear- It sounds like you are having an amazing time! Do most people you encounter speak English? Are you sharing your apartment or living on your own? Are you cooking meals or going out? Sorry, I have so many questions for you!! Are you still checking your email because then I will have a more apropriate forum to ask all my questions?
Awwww you look so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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