K's B-Day

In North America, May 5th would normally be when we'd pull out our sombreros and celebrate the Mexicans kicking some snooty French arse, but this year in Korea, our Cinco De Mayo celebration served as the celebration of Kristin. 

Hi Seoul Festival @ Yeouido Park

Don't be down on yourself, too much festival can make anyone vomit...

The Birthday Girl

(with Taco Bell)

Sun & Liz

Liz's Park Pedicure Service

An Asian girl in jean shorts...  A bottle of booze in one hand...  A lollypop in the other...  Insert fetish here!

Photography is all about the angle...

Uh-oh!  B-Day camel toe!!!

Crack Deal

Two of these things are not like the others,
two of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which things are not like the others
By the time I finish my song? 

Piñata making!

K & Alexane

♡ ❤ Park Love ❤ ♡

These ladies festivaled real hard!

High School Hot Lunch

NOTE:  The descriptions of many of these dishes, specifically the salads and the soups, sound weird and awful, but for the most part they're actually pretty good, despite the fact that they are mass-produced and come from a public school cafeteria.  

 Bon Appétit

Descriptions beginning in top left compartment and moving clockwise:

Fried Chicken, Fried Rice Cake, Radish Kimchi, Acorn Jelly Salad, Thomas & Friends Apple Juice, Kimchi & Tuna Stew, Black Rice

Potatoes Cooked in Soy Sauce, Radish Kimchi, Carrot & Green Onion Omelet, Fried Fish, Kimchi, Ham & Hotdog Stew, Sticky Rice

Spicy Vienna Sausage & Carrot Salad, Radish Kimchi, Croissant, Spicy Snail & Cabbage Salad, Spicy Cod Soup, Sticky Rice

Sweetened Potato Salad Sandwich, Rice Tea, Dried Seaweed Sheets, Kimchi, Fermented Soybean Soup, Bibimbap (mixed rice and vegetables with chili paste)

Spicy Stewed Chicken & Potatoes, Fried Tofu, Radish Kimchi, Steamed Zucinni, Seaweed Soup, Rice with Grains

Fried Mackerel, Shredded Seaweed, Kimchi, Japchae (Glass Noodles with Pork and Veggies), Strawberry Go-Gurt, Dumpling Soup, Sticky Rice

Fried Pork Cutlet, Radish Kimchi, Cooked Seaweed, Orange Slices, Spicy Tofu Stew, Sticky Rice

Sweet & Sour Pork, Shredded Seaweed, Kimchi, Spicy Vegetable Salad, Fermented Soybean & Tofu Soup, Black Rice

Hamburger 'Steak', Yogurt Drink, Sweet Potato Stems, Spicy Noodle Salad, Fermented Soybean Soup, Sticky Rice

Corn Dogs, Radish Kimchi, Yogurt Drink, Bean Sprout & Krab Wasabi Salad, Beansprout Soup, Hotdog Fried Rice

Fried Pork Dumplings, Salad, Radish Kimchi, Banana, Kimchi, Ham & Hotdog Stew, Pork & Vegetables in Black Bean Sauce Mixed with Sticky Rice

Stewed Octopus, Seasoned Fishcake Salad, Sweet Potato Stems, Dried Seaweed Sheets, Kimchi Stew, Sticky Rice

Fried Makerel, Japchae, Kimchi, Yogurt Drink, Seaweed Soup, Black Rice with Steamed Carrot & Pumpkin

Farewell :(

Checking In

For Jessica's final meal in Korea, we introduced her to Kraze Burger, South Korea's 'gourmet' burger chain.  While it's not the best burger in the world, it's not bad, and without a doubt one of the better dining options available in the airport.

The Menu

Vege & Bean

Down the hatch!

The K.B. Original

Set Burger #1

Welcome, Miss Global Beauty Queen!

Waiting for the Queen

Right as we were finishing our burgers, we noticed the entourage waiting for Miss Global Beauty Queen.  Thankfully, we had some time to spare before Jessica had to head through security, so we were able to wait and catch a glimpse of her!

As it turned out, there were two global beauty queens coming through customs.  We're not sure which countries they were from, though.  Even after looking through the 2011 MGBQ Contestants, their identities still remained a mystery.  Their touched-up and airbrushed headshots are far from the truth.  In person, they looked like super-tanned, super skinny, bleached blonde 'babes' you'd find on The Hills!  

No picture of them, sorry.  

Awkward goodbye picture!

A little Korean elixir to ease her stomach before the long flight...

So long, Jess!  We had a blast, thanks for coming!

A Typical Ulsan Saturday

Unknowingly, Jessica got to experience a typical Saturday in Ulsan, much like our Saturday's when we lived there.  It began, like they usually did, with a wicked soju hangover complete with nausea and a splitting headache.  From there, we headed out for a delicious breakfast, at 12:30pm...

 For our first, and most important meal of the day, we took Jessica to 굴하우스, the restaurant formerly known as 굴사랑

This  place used to be called Gul Sarang, meaning Oyster Love, but since we've been away the name has changed to Gul (Oyster) House.

The change in name made us a little uneasy, but once the food arrived we discovered that only the name was different and the food was just as delicious as we remembered it being.  

This little girl (Boo from Monsters Inc.) was

putting on a show for us the whole time.

Reading the informational poster about the

[sexual] benefits that come with eating oysters.

Good for man...and good for woman!

Breakfast ☑​

Enjoying our delicious, oyster breakfast was so exhausting that we decided to head back to the motel for a little nap time to recharge and get ready for the day!

On the way back to the motel, we summoned up our remaining energy and made a quick stop at E-Mart to pick up slices of pizza to dream about during our nap and enjoy once we woke up.  (We can't speak for Jessica, but we, sadly, have performed this very same pizza move a number of times ☹)

Buy Lunch ☑

Good question

Stylish Beer with "added fiber for health of young generation"

Liquor Buddy!

As if the rubbing alcohol flavor of soju isn't delicious enough, it can now taste like medicinal herbs and rubbing alcohol! 

Korean bar snacks!

From left to right:  Shrimp Chips, Fried Tube Meat, Boiled Quail Eggs, Candy Coated Peanuts

Jessica taught us 2 games while she was here.  One, a car game, called 'My Cow,' in which you yell 'my cow' when you see a cow.  That's all.  There are no points recorded or cows counted.  Just yelling 'My Cow'... FAIL.  The other was this Colorado drinking game, which we can't remember, so that means it was successful, we guess. NOT FAIL.

In A Bar Until The Wee Morning Hours With Korey ☑

The motel provided us with complimentary face masks, which of course seemed like a great pre-bedtime idea! 

Spa Treatment ☑