The weekend went well. Louise and I went to Nampo-dong which was the former downtown of Busan. It has since been outdone by Seomyeong (the area I live in) in terms of popularity but I digress. I loved Nampodong! There were TONS of famous clothing stores and when you turned off the main street there was a maze of market vendors selling absolutely everything from purses to shoes to suitcases, dresses, jeans, blouses, etc, etc. We literally spent 6 hours walking around looking at all the clothes, drooling. Kids in a candy store. Truly. I bought a few things which they put in little black plastic bags and took some shots for you folks which I'll post below momentarily.

Sunday we hit Shanghai street which would be more aptly named if it were called "Russia street". It was much less impressive not to mention eerily un-busy. In fairness, it could have had something to do with the fact that it was Sunday and a lot of the shops were closed. Ate at a chinese restaurant but it wasn't very good and I was a little dissapointed.

Stopped into a Starbucks in Nampodong and who was working behind the counter but one of the students from my class! We said hello and talked for a bit and I found out later that she was going to treat us to free coffee's but we left too soon.

After work today I had visions of hitting the beach, sipping a latte and breathing in fresh ocean air since it was the nicest day in a long time. Thought, "I'll just take a little nap first." Yeah, woke up 3 hours later! Ah, man!

Been going to the gym in my builing. I like it there because it's almost always empty and there are huge windows from floor to ceiling, so I walk on the treadmill and stare at the river on the left, mountains on the right and the park straight ahead.

Tomorrow night I'm going out with some of the students from my 7 a.m. class. Should be fun they're mostly men. haha.