Feels like it has been awhile since I have written and I guess that is because we have been so busy. The weeks seem to be passing by quite quickly now. The weather was quite wet for a few weeks and would rain most of the day but the weather has taken a turn for the better and now we have sunny blue skys with temperatures reaching +32 with a humidity of about 60%. I haven't experienced weather like this since university. You move from air conditioned location to air conditioned location to combat the heat but mostly you remain hot and sweaty. I am enjoying every minute of the nice weather but going to the pool and reading a book and socializing with the other women there.

Last weekend Dennis and I headed to Busan (we go there a lot as there are so many things to do) so that we could do some sightseeing and of course go to Costco. Costco was our first stop as we heard that if you get there at 10am the only people in the store are foreigners and it is a lot quieter and easier to get around the store. They were right, it was probably the most enjoyable shopping trip we have had there. The next stop was Haeundae beach, this is a huge beach in the city and is the world record holder for the most umbrellas on a beach at one time, I think the number was around 12,000 umbrellas. This was during the holidays in August so we didn't see that many but we did see a lot! Below is a picture of the beach

This past week I have been sick with a cold which really put a damper on the plans I had. I did go to sit by the pool in attempt to sweat out my cold, which didn't work all that well so I retreated to the airconditioned apartment to hibernate. As I was feeling much better Friday I had to get out of the house so I made plans to go with my friend Sheri for some shopping, lunch and a movie. We went to the best Indian restaurant in Ulsan (there are only two) for butter chicken (yum) and naan bread (double yum). We decided to see the new movie...Eclipse, no judgement please! All of the movie theatres here have about 15 showings of this a day which is pretty funny. Going to a movie here is very similar to going to one in North America with a couple differences. When you buy your ticket you get to pick your seat so you can be just on time and you know your seat will be safe, of course the english movies have Korean subtitles but you forget that they are there almost instantly, and instead of candy at the concession they have squid treats. At the movie we sat next to these two young girls who would giggle like crazy as soon as Edward or Jakob would come on the screen, it was very funny.

I was still feeling great after a great afternoon out that we went on a double date with our friends Chloe and Graham. Chloe and I both arrived in Korea around the same time and we both are excited to experience all that Korea has to offer so we get along great. We decided to head to the "Mushroom Restaurant" that everyone is always talking about. The restaurant does have mushroom dishes but mostly everyone calls it that because the building looks like a mushroom. Since I have no clue what the restaurant is called I called my friend Soon and she emailed me the name and location of the restaurant in Hangul so that I could direct the cab that way. So after a few drinks at the club we were on our way and actually made it to the right restaurant. When we walked in we were the only people there except for the cook and her husband who were watching a Korean soap. She helped us pick what we were going to eat and just sat and chatted away. This is the type of thing you can expect to get from most restaurants here. Some places will have english on the menu, some will have pictures and some will only have Korean so you need to rely on their unending kindness is picking something for you. Going to a new restaurant is Dennis and my favorite things to do as it is almost guaranteed to be tasty! We are constantly pleasantly surprised at how friendly the Koreans are and how helpful they are to the foreigners. Back to our dinner, we started with a potato pancake, which is a traditional dish here filled with onion, green onion, pepers and sometimes fish. We also had some Hite beer and of course soju. The main course was a duck stir fry which we made lettuce wraps with. It was amazing! One of the best things I have eaten here for sure!

This weekend we don't have much planned. Dennis will watch his Rider game on the internet like he does each weekend lately. We are going to Seoul next weekend so we want to save all our energy for that!

Keep the emails coming as we loving hearing from all of you and what you are up to.

Miss you all,

J