We traveled on a bullet train to get down to Busan for a long weekend over July 4th. It was a lot of fun and there was a big group of us. It was one of those weekend destined to be epic, before if even began. It started with 53 friends renting out an entire car on the bullet train, and the LPA dragging a bar onto the train. The poor conductor could not understand why we were so loud. One thing to help you understand the Korean culture, is that they are typically very quiet. There is often no talking on buses, subways, or trains. They were probably horrified when they saw us board the train. Although, the cars are soundproof- so you could see it looked like utter chaos, but could not hear it.

It was “chilly” all weekend, in that it was cloudy, windy, and in the mid 70’s. RB thought it was perfect of course, and I was wearing a cover up and cardi the entire time. We set up a volleyball net, and played games all day. Some super-mom’s brought tents and snacks for everyone to enjoy. We lit of fireworks- and then in standard passive aggressive S. Korean culture we heard a message in English over the speakers to “please not use fireworks”.

We went to a Shellfish BBQ restaurant called Cheongsapo Suminine- and it was amazing. It was little drive away from the tourist area we were staying- an absolutely beautiful area of Busan. They had little tents set up with gravel floor (basically the beach) and these classic tables with burners in the middle. Nothing was in English (why should it be), we used Google Translate to pick out scallops, eel, and some other medley. This meal was amazing. So fresh, grilled or steamed with butter and devoured on the spot. It was also great to break away from the large group for a “quieter” meal. Ugh, that’s such an old person statement. We made our way back to the tourist area, with a stop at a Craft Brewery place, and then a speakeasy, before enjoying more fireworks on the beach! It was a fun weekend away.