Chuseok Holiday!

*Note: Chuseok is a holiday celebrated in Korea. It’s similar to Thanksgiving back in Canada and the United States.*

The days leading up to the holiday I was busy with my work. Although I did manage to buy a pair of running shoes. I bought myself Reebok shoes for 69,000 won but after sale discount it was around 55,200 won. I was excited to use them right away so later that day I went to the gym for the first time in Korea. It was a totally different atmosphere than back home. It was just different but good different. I included the pictures of my running shoes as well.
The package was my jacket and it came in a Hello Kitty wrapping paper.
Hello Kitty is pretty much everywhere in Korea.
On Friday, two days after purchasing my running shoes, I received my jacket from Seoul! Remember the one I ordered when I went to Seoul. The one I customized for 80,000 won. Well, it finally arrived and I was super excited to show it off! In fact I wore it the next day when I met up with Nav, Jeongeun, John and Ann for the first day of the long weekend.

Although the holiday is technically the 11th, 12th and 13th of September, the Saturday also felt like a break. John, Ann and I went to the Busan Museum of Art. It was, in short, worth the price of admission. We finished walking around the museum in 40 minutes and met up with Nav and Jeongeun for dinner. I also walked around the APEC building and the surrounding areas for a bit too. After dinner we just hung out and made plans for the remainder of holidays. I went back to my neighbourhood so that I could hit the gym for the second time in Korea. I like the fact that the gym also has public baths attached to it. For the admission price of 8,000 won I can experience the gym and the baths for unlimited use. Of course the membership is cheaper, which would be 80,000 per month but I will get that in October when I know I won’t be too busy.

On Sunday, Jeongeun, Nav and I went to Ganjeolgot to walk around the beach, see the ocean view and experience the calmness of nature. It was a peaceful place to relax and walk around. It would have been great if the weather was better but at least it didn’t rain as much as we anticipated. We came back to Haeundae area and had dinner at a wonderful Japanese restaurant.


Monday was Chuseok’s main day. I decided to make Chuseok dinner for Ann, John, Nav and Jeongeun! I made scrambled eggs with onions, shrimp curry with mushrooms, onions and hot peppers, and a salad like dish with fake crab, shrimp, peas, corn, long beans and carrots. I took a picture of it before we gobbled it up. After dinner we play cards for an hour and then we decided to get dessert. For dessert I got myself a Hagan Daaz ice cream – vanilla with almonds – my favourite kind. We then walked towards Dalmaji hill for our full moon hike. It was a great experience walking in the middle of the night with the full moon guiding our path. It was my first time ever to hike at midnight and it was wonderful.
On Tuesday, I grabbed late lunch with Jay and Nav. We got duck galbi with garlic sauce. It was super delicious and for 36,000 won all three of us were full. It’s a great place to eat and talk for hours. I came back home and just relaxed at home. Of course I did some chores around the apartment too. I am looking forward to the weekend already!