Birthday weekend in Busan

 

 

 I'm not going to lie and say it was easy to spend my birthday away from home, but I did have a great birthday weekend thanks to great friends.  Me and Molly's birthday is 2 days apart and we got a day off of school for Buddha's birthday so we decided to make the best of it and go to Busan for our birthday weekend.  Busan is about a 3 hour train ride south and has many beautiful beaches.  My friend Tyler acted as our tour guide for the weekend since he had taught there before and knows the area well.  Sunday we went to Haeundae beach, which is one of the most popular beaches.  Since it was a holiday weekend it was very crowded.  It also had a beautiful beach.  I have never been to a beach that you can see beach, mountains and city all in one picture.  On Monday we went to Gwangalli Beach, which is another popular beach, but not nearly as crowded.  This beach offered a similar view of beach, mountains and city.  This area was beautiful and if I end up coming back from a year, this might just be the place I spend it.  All in all it was a great birthday weekend and I was very excited to escape the city life for a long relaxing weekend at the beach!