Busan, South Korea (December 2013)

T.G. and I decided last minute to take a weekend out of Seoul to visit the second largest city in South Korea, Busan. We made our way to Busan from Seoul via the KoRail (http://www.korail.com/en/), which is such an easy way to travel around this country! 

We were excited!  Can't you tell!!

Busan is a beautiful seaside city that has so much to offer!  We stayed at a hotel in the Heaundae Beach area and loved it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busan

When we arrived in the late evening, we got checked into our hotel and grabbed a quick dinner at the chicken and beer place across the street.  The first full day, we ventured over to Jalgalchi Market, which is a HUGE fish market…even larger than the one in previous blogs. Luckily, the subway in Busan uses the same T-Money cards that the Seoul subway uses and they are built very similarly.  This made is super easy to move around the city with no problem! After the market, we walked around Taejongdae Resort Park for the rest of the afternoon and saw some beautiful ocean views!  

The second day, we went to an area called Centum City, which is home to Shinsegae Dept. Store and tons of other AMAZING shopping…not much was actually bought, but we had so much fun seeing all the different things there are here!  The Bexco center is located in this area as well, and if you can believe it, T.G. actually passed up seeing a Michael Jackson tribute, "Thriller", that was showing the weekend we were there!

Our third day was spent at the Busan Aquarium, where we saw a penguin feeding (they actually call them jackass penguins!!) and a shark feeding!  After that we walked along the beach boardwalk and found ourselves down a sea side trail that had more beautiful ocean views that were also very close to our hotel!  

On our last day we basically checked out of the hotel and made our way back to the train station, via subway, and headed back to Seoul!

Just like in Seoul, the shopping is amazing in Busan and should not be missed…there is a market in the Heaundae area that is not very large, but you could walk down it a hundred times and not see the same thing twice!  We found a few treasures and gifts along the way. It may have been a quick little get-away, but we sure enjoyed it and hope to go back in the spring when it is warmer!