Travels in South Korea: Part 2

If you didn't check out my previous post (here), it mentioned that I had visited South Korea with my mom for a little over a week. During the later part of our trip, we visited Busan to visit some family members. Busan is a city on the coast in the south part of Korea. The buildings that you see in the photos above are not business buildings, but actually really tall apartments, more than 70 floors high (who would ever want to live on the 70th floor?). We also visited the bridge in Busan at night, which not only lights up, but uses lights to create images on the bridge. It was pretty elaborate and awesome!

We also stayed a house in the countryside for a weekend with our whole family. It was in the valley and surrounded by these beautiful large hills and mountains. The only downside was that I was stung by these massive mosquitoes multiple times. While in the countryside, we also visited a Buddhist temple which featured a huge Buddha statue and many beautifully painted buildings.

At the end of our trip, we went back to Ansan and Seoul. During our last night in Korea, some of our family members took us out for Galbi, which is essentially delicious Korean short ribs. It was a great way to end our trip to Korea!

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Travels in South Korea: Part I

As you can probably tell from the title, this post is not a beauty and fashion related post. I have been kind of absent for the past few weeks and this is because during the last few weeks, I had the amazing chance to visit Korea with my mom for about 10 days. Half of my family lives in Korea, considering that my mom is Korean (South Korea of course, I surprisingly still get questioned which one my mom is from). The main reason why we decided to go to Korea was because one of my relatives was getting married, so going to a wedding was a great excuse to travel there for over a week. (For reference, the photos above were taken at Namdaemun Market in Seoul.)

To answer another common question I am asked when I tell someone I'm Korean is that I don't speak Korean. Why? Because I was a stubborn kid who found it hard learning a language that I would never speak at home since my mom had learned English. I only speak very very basic Korean and completely regret not learning it at a young age, since now I don't have much time to learn the language. This made communicating in Korea somewhat difficult, however, a couple of my relatives, including a cousin who is about the same age as me was learning English. Although there was somewhat of a language barrier there, it was still fun talking to her. The large language between me and my other relatives made communicating difficult. (The three photos above were taken at an area in the countryside.)

I had visited Korea a few times before that were more tourist-y, and unlike past trips, this trip was more family-oriented and less tourist-y, which I enjoyed. The four photos above were taken in Ansan, a city outside of Seoul. The nightlife was so much fun and overwhelming! The delicious looking dessert is Korean shaved ice with bean powder, which was pretty much heaven in a bowl the size of my head.

I also visited Gangman, which I honestly had no idea existed before the popular song. At Gangnam, we ate pasta salad (literally pasta and salad) and an amazing bacon and garlic pizza that you actually pull apart and eat with a spoon or fork. Later, we ate this amazing brownie shaved ice that chocolate infused shaved ice with vanilla ice cream, brownie bits, oreo pieces, and whipped cream.

As you could probably tell, I was pretty much on a Michael Phelps diet.

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Timothy Lake

Last weekend my family and I took a small day trip near the mountain (Mt. Hood) to Timothy Lake, a large lake with a beautiful view of the mountain. It was the perfect day to go out on the lake since the weather couldn't have been better. The lake was gorgeous, especially when you could see Mt. Hood against the clear sky. Although all we did was take a walk around part of the lake and had lunch, it was none the less beautiful. There were plenty of spots around the lake with little to no people, so it was easy to relax in the solitude of being in front of the still backdrop. If you happen to live around that area, I would recommend checking it out, even if it's just for a small day trip.

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Disneyland and Los Angeles 2013!

This is a completely unrelated post compared to what I usually post on my blog, however, recently I went on a trip to Disneyland and Los Angeles for the first time with one of my really good friends and had a blast! The trip was a lot of fun and going to these iconic places for the first time was almost overwhelming!

We first went to Disneyland which I found defiantly lives up to its moto, being "The Happiest Place on Earth". I seriously had such a blast especially since I had never been to Disneyland before (aside from the one in Korea, but that doesn't count). Over the course of two days I went to the rides in Disneyland and California Adventure and even though California Adventure has more of the bigger rides, such as the big rollercoast (which was so much fun) and the Soarin California (which was both cool and pretty), I actually enjoyed Disneyland (a tad bit) more. I enjoyed Disneyland a little more mainly because the feeling and atmosphere was more, as cheesey as sounds, 'magical'.

Going to Disneyland brought me back to when I was a little girl and watching Cinderella and The Little Mermaid and dancing along with all the music. And just when I thought it couldn't get any better, we saw the fireworks show at night which was so pretty with Tinkerbell and just made me feel even more like a little kid! Plus, all the lights and riding the rides at night just made the experience even more memorable!

In Los Angeles, I went to Venice Beach, Sata Monica Pier, the Groove, and the Hollywood stars. Venice beach was pretty interesting with all the shops and boardwalk acts and there was always something going on which was fun! We happened to come across a knife juggler along the boardwalk was pretty exciting. At the Santa Monica Peir, the beach was absoluetly goregous! The sand and ocean were not like the Oregon beaches where I'm used to going to!

The Groove in L.A. was a shopoholic's heaven. There were all the stores you could imagine with a countless number of places to eat including the Farmers Market. After the Groove, I went to probably the most tourist place, the Hollywood stars were to cool to see in person along with the Chinese Theater and Hand/Foot print! It was defiantly a fun place to visit!

So since this is a beauty/fashion blog, I decided to end this blog with what I thought about the fashion in L.A. Let me tell you, if there's one thing that I learned in L.A., it's that almost every girl between the ages of 12-20  in Disneyland/L.A. wears Brandy Melville from head to toe. Where I live, there isn't a Brandy Melville store, so maybe that's why I wasn't used to seeing their clothing aside from in Youtube videos and online.

Overall, my trips to Los Angeles was fun especially since I went with one of my really good friends! It was a trip that I defiantly won't forget!

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