This weekend I went to the beach! We went to a place called MaLiPo, a beach town on the western shore of Korea. It was so gorgeous. The president of the university invited us and allowed us to the use the school's condo that overlooked the beach for "membership training"- also known as MT, also known as drink and eat until you want to pass out.

Last night we ate at this restaurant overlooking the water and ate amazing seafood. Sea slugs, fish, mussels, octopus, the freshest sashimi i've ever had, crab.... it was AWESOME. How fresh was the seafood? Well for one thing, when they served the octopus, it was STILL MOVING. I was a little freaked out, but then I figured, hey, when in Rome.... So yes. I ate moving, writhing octopus. And it was DELICIOUS. After dinner we had drinks and snacks. Good times.

So I've rediscovered this week my love for Korean snacks and desserts. Korean ice cream? Delicious. I also ate sticky walnut pancakes, walnut and red bean in a cinnamon dough, roasted chestnuts, fried octopus... the list goes on. I'm going to gain a gajillion pounds here.

Today I saw..... a chicken man. He was a delivery guy for chicken restaurant. He was wearing a chicken helmet. And a chicken outfit. And was on a chicken motorcycle. And while he was driving by, he looked at me and Alana through the chicken helmet and held our bewildered gazes as he drove by. We had a moment. A chicken moment.

Some pictures from the last couple days:

Watching the Korea/Togo soccer game.














Me in front of NMC, the hospital my mom went to nursing school and trained at! I just happened to pass by it walking through Seoul. If it weren't for this place, I might not have been born-- if mom hadn't become a nurse, and then moved to the states, and then married dad and brought him to the states, then no hannah/philip/sarah. So yay NMC!














My friend Jessica and I, happy to be at the beach.














The army guys were carrying rafts and singing silly songs on the beach.














Just some of the yummy foods at dinner.














Jessica and I standing in front of... something. We weren't quite sure what it was.















That's it for now!