Canada Day Weekend

For Canada Day weekend I decided to go visit Nav at his neighbourhood, Haeundae district and sleep over at his place. On Saturday Nav and I went to a Canada Day event happening at Dalmaji Stage where we met a lot of foreigners who are teaching and working in Busan. Even people from other parts of South Korea travelled for the weekend to celebrate the Canadian pride. There were live performances from singers and bands at the wonderful park area.



Around 7:30pm we headed towards Starface, which is a restaurant and a bar area where more bands performed. We met more great people from across the globe from Cape Town, South Africa; Colorado, USA, and many parts of the Great White North (Canada).



The last photo is courtesy of Starface and
found on: http://www.busanhaps.com/article/canada-day-dalmaji
After Starface, we headed out to a Haeundae hot spot where we had some "street food" and just hung out for awhile. Saturday was a blast but quite tiring as well.

This is "Puppy" which is Chris' pet and she gets along with everyone! Even I wasn't scared of it! I don't even like pets to begin with so this dog is the best I have ever met in my life.
On Sunday, I woke up at noon and Nav didn't wake up for a long time. I think he woke up at 3:30pm but I was happy to have access to internet from his area. I was checking Facebook, Yahoo Sports and uploading many images as possible. Eventually we both got the energy to leave his place and walk towards a waffle place we saw yesterday that was selling for 1000 won ($1.00 CDN) with ice cream. Unfortunately, it was not there today. We walked some more and we saw a chicken specialty place. We had some grilled spicy chicken but the picture I took did not work when I tried to upload it, so no picture. Sorry!

After, Nav and I headed towards the Centum City area by subway where we ventured through the Lotte Department Store. Then we headed to the biggest mall in the world, the Shinsegae Department Store, which was right next to Lotte! It had a ice rink, a golfing range, 10 floors of shopping centres, restaurants, a grocery store and much more! It was created quite recently too. I believe like two or three years ago and it looks fantastic. Just look at it yourself to believe how great this shopping complex is. The prices aren't the best but they had great designer labels, brands and very fashionable accessories.



Nav and I wanted to watch a 4D movie - Transformers 3 but it was sold out (as expected). Instead we decided to just look around more of the Shinsegae Department Store and take note of what to buy, what is affordable and what looks good for future references. We will certainly go back here in the near future, hopefully after our 1st paycheck (July 25th)!

This is where Nav got schooled by me. (2-0)
Some things never change regardless of city, country or continent.



On the 10th floor there is an outdoor garden area looking out towards the city. Magnificent view!
At the end, Nav and I departed around 8:45pm. He went back to his place near the Jangson subway station and I went to Seomyeon subway station where I took the bus to head home. Next week's adventure will be at Seomyeon, which is nicknamed the Rome. Don't ask why because I don't even know. Nav will be coming over to my place next weekend to check out areas around my neighbourhood. Another fun weekend is just around the corner so stay tuned.