Busan Fireworks Festival 2009

Today tanya and I headed over to busa to see the 2009 Fireworks Festival. We went the the festival last year and both of us thought it was the most Amazing show we’ve ever seen.

This years show was just as good and we got to experience some wonderful Korean hospitality on the gwangali beach. When we got to the beach at about 6:40pm it was already very cowded and we were trying to find a seat. A Korean lady with a bunch of little kids near her waved to us and gave us some seats on their blankets. The little girls gave us some cookies and had fun trying to talk with us. It was also really fun to listen to their excitement throughout the show.

After the 45 minute long show (felt like 10 minutes) we then headed back to the subway station. It was a scene reminiscent of the Japanese train stuffers and the streets were like rivers of humanity.

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Back in Chinhae

Well I’m back in Chinhae, I had a great time in Hawaii, but I was really missing Tanya and Anastasia. People keep asking me why I want to get out of the navy, my answer always has to so with how I want to be close to my family and how serving in the military just doesn’t fit anymore in my life. I have really enjoyed the last 12 years, but if my one week trip is any indication of what it would be like to be deployed for a year, then I don’t think I could handle it.

It’s really hard to believe how much Anastasis has changed in the time I was gone. She learned how to crawl, she started making a new face that is hillarious, lots of new sounds and even just her appearance. She’s getting more and more beautiful every day.

Azalea Festival

Last Saturday I took Tanya and Anastasia to the Bisulsan Azalea Festival just south of Daegu. While the festival was vey beautiful, we were not prepared for what to expect.
For starters, allhe Koreans there were wearing hiking boots but I was wearing Birkenstocks and Tanya was wearing high heels. Next was the temperature. It was really nice in Chinhae when we left, but climbing the mountain was a different story. We luckily we did have a blanket for Nastya, but both Tanya and I got quite cold after the sun disapeared behind some clouds and the wind picked up.
However, we did get these pictures with my ladies wearing their new hats.