Holiday in Busan

We went on our summer holiday this past week to Busan and it was fun, a bit crazy, and tiring.  The good thing is that we got to stay at my aunt's place so that meant that we spent no money on food and lodging while we were there. yay!

We left home around 11:30 am, got to Yeoju Premium Outlet and spent about an hour and half there (and finally got myself a purse), and left for Busan from there at 3 pm.  It rained cats and dogs for pretty much the whole ride there and we were super worried that we would be dealing with such horrible rain for the entire stay there, but as the Koreans say, like a lie, the rain stopped right as we got into the city.  My aunt didn't believe me when I said over the phone that it was raining and I wouldn't have believed myself if I hadn't just driven through it! Anyways, by the time we got into Haeundae, it was 8:30 pm. It took us five and a half freakin hours to get there because of the rain.  ugh.  So Tuesday was a complete bust in terms of seeing Haeundae in Busan. 

At dinner, she sat quietly eating her snacks and sticking them on her face unintentionally.

The next day, we got up, had breakfast with my aunt and uncle and slowly headed out to the beach.  I really wish we took more pictures but when traveling, picture-taking doesn't seem to be my thing. I guess I tend to enjoy more of the moment than to remember to take the picture.  Anyways, we rented a parasol on the beach.  We were a little bit left of the Novotel Hotel when facing the ocean.  The rental fees were actually quite cheap and a little unbelieveable.  It's 5,500 won when paying with card and 7,000 won when paying in cash.  I know.  Strange, right?  I actually asked the guy twice and then straight up said, "It's cheaper when paying with card?!" haha  The prices are the same at all parasol rental places. 

 With the morning light and humidity, this is how the picture came out!

My little baby in her first swimsuit :) hand-me-down

Bright high noon

I don't know what's up with this area but the beach right in front of us was really empty but the beach area in front of the blue parasols (which were to the right of us when facing the beach) were packed with people.  Being that we were there at noon, there were less people out there in general but even still the difference between the red parasol (our LTE Warp parasol) and blue parasol (Nivea parasol) areas was quite stark. Maybe the waves were a little stronger where we were?  Husband pretty much slept the entire three hours we were there.  Luna slept a good chunk of time too, so I got to play in the beach, by myself of course, but I really didn't care.  I got my itch to go to the beach scratched so I'm happy.

I ventured out in my one piece suit and looking at the picture, my tummy flap doesn't look all that bad but I guess I owe it to the fact that this suit is a tummy-control suit. :) Don't you love my face?!  While we are on the topic of physical appearances, I was really really impressed by the fact that there were women out in bikinis without cover ups having fun and playing on the beach when I know Korean society would judge them for having "less-than-perfect" bodies.  Kudos to them!

Aaannnnd the following is the ONE FAMILY PICTURE we took the entire time we were there, before Husband and Luna conked out.  Isn't this picture horrible?! OMG.  But what am I to do? It's the only picture we have of the three of us from that day.  Looking at all the pictures now, they're all pretty bad in terms of quality, except for Luna's picture.  sigh.  Busan is pretty hot and the sun is really strong there.  I guess all the smog in Seoul shield us from the sun's harmful rays.  haha anyways.  remember the sunblock!  And if you use the non-sweatproof one, you will end up looking like Husband here with the sunblock all coming off with the sweat.  With Luna, we used Baby Aveeno and it was pretty good.  Of course, Luna had on a long sleeve shirt and a hat with my big head also shielding her from the sun when we actually went into the beach.  sigh.  I really wish we had a picture of the beach.

The next day, we said our goodbyes to the aunt and uncle and headed towards Geojedo.  As pretty as it was, I don't think it was really worth the hours of driving to get to the place we were trying to get to.  Everything was great until we got to 3 miles away from our destination.  Driving those 3 miles took us an hour.  That's how heavy traffic was on the one lane road and at the destination.  It was some pebble beach and I think this might be the only picture that we have from there... (we are such horrible picture takers :)

And then we went a little more down the road where this windmill was, looking over the ocean.  Of course, getting there and getting out of there also took quite a bit of time because of the one lane road and gazillion tourists like ourselves.

By the time we left Geojedo, it was 8:30 pm.  We finally got home at around 2 am.  It was a long and uncomfortable ride because I was sleeping uncomfortably in the car, but it was a long and tiring trip for Husband from beginning to end because he drove the entire time.  I have no right to complain but I did.  Sorry Husband and thank you.  In conclusion, I have decided that when traveling with a baby, we have to go somewhere not too far and plan to stay at only one location.  Also, plan to travel during off-season because traffic is not cool and super no fun when with child.  

This is the last picture.  I swear.  It's Luna and her Great Uncle taking a selfie.  Look at those twos' eyes. hahahahaha