Dave's Actual Birthday

Dave's actual birthday fell on a Tuesday, and the following Wednesday happened to be election day in Korea, so it was a school holiday. Dave decided to celebrate by coming out to our neck of the woods for a little dinner and some Wii.

We are exceptional hosts.

We had this banner custom made on recycled Homeplus receipts.

Blowing out the candles on the Baskin Robbins
Ice cream cake we bought for him.

Since her birthday was so close,
we let Teresa think we were celebrating her birthday too...

It was a delicious cake.
The two flavors were Almond Bon-Bon and Cherries Jubilee.
We managed to devour it in a matter of minutes.

Then the Wii playing began...

After a little Wii, we remembered that the basketball uniforms everyone bought in Thailand were in Andrew's closet, so we suited up!

Poor Amy was the only one without a uniform.

Concentrating on the obstacle course

Not sure what's happening here

Slalom Skiing

Ain't nuthin' but a G thang

Teresa has the best laugh!

More obstacle course

Game Face

Perfect form

'Sprinting' the gauntlet

Stretching before showing everyone 'how it's done.'

This is an adding game.
You have to swing your hips toward the
numbers to make them add up to 10.


Amy's turn

Check out that hip swing!

Korey was really trying here...



Self-timer shots from on top of the TV Please note: These are the only ones that Judy is awake for.
Here, she is asleep sitting up...

...and here she is completely reclined!

D&T's Busan Birthday Bash - Waiting 4 Burgers

The next morning, Part 4 of the 4 Part Plan began. We got up, had a little breakfast, and headed to the next beach over to get a burger from a place called Blowfish. Dave and Teresa raved about this being 'the best burger in Korea,' so we decided we would give it a shot. Dave and Teresa are from Canada (they're neither smart nor sophisticated), so we didn't have high expectations for the burger.

The vacant lot next to the Mashnote.
Barbwire is a sign of a classy love motel.

We took a different taxi than everyone else, so of course, we ended up in the wrong area. The others were dropped off at the beach, but we were dropped off at the train station. Thankfully it wasn't very far away from the beach. The area was a bit on the 'run-down' side of things, but it still had it's charm.

A small convenience store

A restaurant

When we got to the beach,
we found this dad and son in matching Polham t-shirts!
There is nothing more adorable than a Korean family in matching outfits.
(Besides Andrew and Judy in matching outfits.)

SongJeung Beach.

It is the next beach north of Haeundae, and much better. We were the only foreigners on the beach, which was a welcomed change.

This was really weird.
These two women were taking tons of pictures of that creepy doll.

The Blowfish was closed,
so we camped out at the convenience store next door to wait.

Waiting...
We waited for hours.

True Dat!

Every time we take a train to Busan, Andrew talks about the pirate ship restaurant. SongJeung Beach happened to be where that restaurant was. While we were waiting, Dave, Korey and Andrew ventured towards it to investigate.

It turns out that it is a BBQ duck restaurant,
which has only made Andrew talk about it more.

Facebook Profile Shots

Wedding shots on the beach

After Andrew took the first picture, a Korean man on the street yelled to them and had them turn around and pose so Andrew could get a picture of them!

Still waiting...

Judy was not happy about the wait

Andrew found ways to entertain himself

The cutest construction worker ever!

Finally, the Blowfish opened!

The burgers ended up being well worth the wait. They were just as delicious as they were talked up to be. We've respected D&T a lot more since. (We waited so long and were so hungry by the time the burgers arrived that we forgot to take a picture, sorry...)