A few weekends ago, St. Patrick's Day, Dana and I went to Busan so we could get out of Daegu for awhile. Eddie, Blaine and a few other friends also happened to be in an Ultimate Frisbee tournament thing there so it worked out well. We took the train from Daegu to Busan, the old slow train, which took about 2 hours and let us watch the pretty countryside go by. When we got into busan, the first thing we did was look for an affordable motel. In Korea, the cheapest and most affordable motels are the lovel motels which are everywhere. We checked out quite a few before we found one we liked. Some of these places were absolutely crazy and I remember one in particular that had mirrors all over the walls and the ceiling and where there weren't mirrors, there were giant prints of breasts. Love motels are exactly what they sound like, a place you go and have sex then go home. They don't provide the partner, you have to bring them with you.
Anyway, Dana and I found an nice cheap on that had a bed and flowers on the walls, and then we headed to the beach. I hadn't seen the ocean in about seven years so I was very excited about this. The beach was covered in little shells and even though it was kind of cold, it was beautiful. We walked around the beach for a bit and then we caught a cab to Spa Land. Yes, it really is called Spa Land. It was wonderful. We spent seven hours relaxing and resting and restarting ourselves. However, we did take a little time to adjust when we first arrived because the baths there are full nude. We were pretty much the only foreign women in the place so we got watched quite a bit by the others in the bath. It took some getting used to to be okay with being stared at by 50 naked korean women awhile you too and standing there in nothing but your birthday suit. I also ran into an unexpected problem, tattoos were not allowed in the bath. They were on a list of skin conditions that were not allowed. After reading this sign, I looked around and I realized that of the 60 women in that locker room, I was the only one with a tattoo. It was very different from the US where tattoos are becoming so common. The rest of the spa was awesome. they had about ten different types of sauna you could try, as well as a restaurant, spa, relaxation room, DVD room, and several other places where you could try out new age form of relaxation. My favorite places were the foot pool and the massage chairs. After seven hours of that, we went to a bar to find some people we knew, stayed for a drink, then went home and passed out at about 1 am. Who knew that relaxing could be so exhausting?
The next day, we got up early and went to get breakfast then to the beach. We watched part of the the boys games and then headed of to hike alone the edge of the shore along these wooden bridges and visited a lighthouse and several other historical sites. It was absolutely beautiful. The day started out kind of cool and overcast, but right as we got back to the beach, the sun came out and it warmed up. So we kicked off our shoes, rolled up our pants, and strip down to t-shirts and walked in the water and then took naps in the sand while soaking up some lovely sun. The koreans around us were all still in winter coats and gave us some odd looks, but we didn't care. After about an hour the sun went away and it started to cool off so went walked down the beach to watch Eddies play in his last frisbee game. After the game went left to catch the train home and ended up with standing room only tickets, so the trip home was not quite as enjoyable. When we got home, I took a powerfully needed shower and slept. It was a wonderful, wonderful weekend.
Anyway, Dana and I found an nice cheap on that had a bed and flowers on the walls, and then we headed to the beach. I hadn't seen the ocean in about seven years so I was very excited about this. The beach was covered in little shells and even though it was kind of cold, it was beautiful. We walked around the beach for a bit and then we caught a cab to Spa Land. Yes, it really is called Spa Land. It was wonderful. We spent seven hours relaxing and resting and restarting ourselves. However, we did take a little time to adjust when we first arrived because the baths there are full nude. We were pretty much the only foreign women in the place so we got watched quite a bit by the others in the bath. It took some getting used to to be okay with being stared at by 50 naked korean women awhile you too and standing there in nothing but your birthday suit. I also ran into an unexpected problem, tattoos were not allowed in the bath. They were on a list of skin conditions that were not allowed. After reading this sign, I looked around and I realized that of the 60 women in that locker room, I was the only one with a tattoo. It was very different from the US where tattoos are becoming so common. The rest of the spa was awesome. they had about ten different types of sauna you could try, as well as a restaurant, spa, relaxation room, DVD room, and several other places where you could try out new age form of relaxation. My favorite places were the foot pool and the massage chairs. After seven hours of that, we went to a bar to find some people we knew, stayed for a drink, then went home and passed out at about 1 am. Who knew that relaxing could be so exhausting?
The next day, we got up early and went to get breakfast then to the beach. We watched part of the the boys games and then headed of to hike alone the edge of the shore along these wooden bridges and visited a lighthouse and several other historical sites. It was absolutely beautiful. The day started out kind of cool and overcast, but right as we got back to the beach, the sun came out and it warmed up. So we kicked off our shoes, rolled up our pants, and strip down to t-shirts and walked in the water and then took naps in the sand while soaking up some lovely sun. The koreans around us were all still in winter coats and gave us some odd looks, but we didn't care. After about an hour the sun went away and it started to cool off so went walked down the beach to watch Eddies play in his last frisbee game. After the game went left to catch the train home and ended up with standing room only tickets, so the trip home was not quite as enjoyable. When we got home, I took a powerfully needed shower and slept. It was a wonderful, wonderful weekend. 
