A Weekend of Suprises

I was looking forward to having a nice, relaxing weekend in Gwangju. Doing some reading, lesson planning, cleaning, getting my hair cut, and catching up on sleep. Needless to say, none of that happened.

Saturday morning started off productive- I made it to the gym by 11. When I was done, I looked at my phone. I usually don't check it often because I don't get many calls. This time, there were 3 missed calls and a text message, all from Emily. I called right away because she somehow managed to get an extra ticket to the 2nd game of the World Series Kia Tigers v. SK baseball game. I flew home, put on some deodorant and was out of the apartment in 5 minutes.

The Tigers are ranked #1 so far in the nation, and if they win this series, they will have won 10 times. We had so much fun at the first game, so I knew this was going to be good. It surpassed my expectations! Every single seat was full, and people were standing in the asles watching. There were two cute Korean kids in front of us that we enjoyed playing rock paper sicssors with and teaching them how to fist bump. Emily and Brian had gotten hats, and Allie and Alex got jerseys, so during the break, Kenny and I got jerseys too. I chose #27, who according to 2 different people is the "Home Run King." The game was great, and we won 2-1. I'd love to go to another game, but ticket are hard to come across.

After the game, the girls went to get food for dinner, while the boys picked up the refreshments. We made dinner at Brian and Emily's, and had fun with the Wii. Kenny knew of a place called "Super Club" so we went there around 12.

Super Club was crazy. It was 3 stories, and really full. The DJ's came up from a hole on the stage, and there were lots of entertainers- girls wearing cat suits, a male singer, a KPOP band, and then a male stripper who took it all off. We were on the second floor with a good view of the dance floor and show. We had bottle service, and it was a pretty good night. We weren't expecting any of the entertainment, but it made for some great pictures.

Sunday Emily, Allie, and I went to Mokpo, a coast town about 50 minutes away. The boys were still hurting from Saturday, so they didn't come along. The city is pretty small, 260,000 people. We saw lots of seafood markets, boats, the National Maritime Museum, a ECO festival, and had King Crab for dinner. Between the three of us we took about 200 pictures, mostly of the fish. There were so many kinds! The crab for dinner was really good, we saw them bring the crab in from the tank and a few minutes later it was prepared and ready to eat. It was delicious! Emily and I also bought some fruit. I'm not sure what it is, and I can't seem to find it. But it's red and you peel the skin off. It looks white, but on the inside it is pink and and soft and delicious!

It was a pretty exciting weekend, and I'll be putting up pictures soon of what we saw!