rare Alison fish at the Busan Aquarium
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Busan was lovely. The beach was beautiful, full of kids running from waves and couples strolling. I bought a 2000 Won ($2) frisbee in a shop and we tried to play, but it was too windy. I gave it to some very startled kids who then proceeded to fight over it, but I like to think they ended up having a good time. It is a much larger city than Daegu, and while the extensive subway system was nice to see and use, I'm glad I picked the smaller town. Trekking from here to there was exhausting, and reminded me of the hours and hours I spent on the subway in high school, and how I felt about it: stressed and tired. I spent most of a gorgeous Saturday on the beach in Haeundae and then the evening wandering around one of the many "downtown" type shopping districts before retiring earlyish to a rather fancy and over heated "love motel". It was suprisingly nicer than any other motel I've ever stayed in, even though it was only 40,000 won. It rained all day Sunday, so we went to the aquarium (back at Haeundae) for the day. They had some pretty exhibits, and we got to ride a glass bottom boat over the shark tank. We also found an excellent bakery that makes REAL European style bread. yay! We bought some to eat and some to freeze, and I made a pretty good maranara, given the canned tomatoes.
Tomorrow is the weekend again, and preschool graduation. I'm kind of upset about having to work on a Saturday, but also really proud of the kids and how flipping cute they are. We've been working on their plays and songs for WEEKS now, and I'm excited to see how they do in front of an audience. Sunday should be gorgeous, and hopefully there will be hiking. I start a new schedule on Monday that truthfully, totally rocks and is really conducive for friends and family visiting (cough...visitme...cough). Hopefully I'll use my free time wisely and stop spending it hula hooping in my apartment watching CSI Miami.
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Hey, lovely! I'm glad you haven't posted much to your blog so I don't feel like I'm missing out when I don't have time to read it.
ReplyDeleteI got my first letter from you yesterday!!!! I was so happy and so very special. I read it alone in my treatment room, and then came out and told everyone all about Dr. Fish. And they responded terribly. "Yeah.... you've never heard of that?" "We have that all over England." "Yeah we have that in Germany." "The first time I had that done was at a mall in America." Boy, am I behind the times. But I guess it sounds like you are, too.
It sounds like you're really settling in now, and I'm glad to hear it. I just have to get my butt over there and visit you this summer. Sound good?
Hi Miss Alison, my name is Autumn and I'm a teacher in Busan too. I've been dreaming of doctor fish for ages and I can't seem to find directions to any place because, le sigh, it's all in Korean:)
ReplyDeleteI came across your blog via a google search; is there any chance you could tell me where you found said doctor fish? It would fill me with glee:) I'm at agentlorange@yahoo.com. Thank you!!