[Part 1] 195. Haeundae and Dalmaji Hill with Kawita

Today was a beautiful day :)

Bus driver playing a harmonica

Kawita and I set off for Haeundae in the late morning and we meant to have our lunch at Dalmaji but by the time we reached Haeundae, it was around 12pm+ and we were hungry AND something caught our eyes…so we made an impromptu decision to have a buffet lunch in Novotel Hotel for 44,000원 each! The food was pretty good and we had a nice view of the sea too :)

After a sumptuous lunch, we walked off the calories by walking all the way to Dalmaji Hill and back again. To get to Dalmaji, you can take a bus from Haeundae Station or just simply, walk there. It’s on the extreme left end of Haeundae Beach. My intention was to check out the cafes there because I heard that Dalmaji is Busan’s version of Seoul’s Samcheongdong. I didn’t know that the cherry blossoms are in full bloom there too! And so, the place was pretty crowded and there was some traffic congestion too since there’s only 1 lane for each direction. Thank goodness we didn’t take a cab there; if not, we would have been caught up in the bad traffic!

Walk up this stretch of road and turn right, when you see a few blocks of apartments

Beautiful view of Haeundae and Gwangan in the distance :)

We walked and walked and walked until we came to the area where there were more mainstream cafes like Caffe Bene, and others. I found Beansbins Coffee and I really missed the waffles there so we went in for a green tea waffle for 13,000원. I know, we’d just had a buffet lunch and then, a huge plate of waffle for 2 girls. We don’t do this often so it’s fine :)

Green tea waffle with green tea ice cream. The waffle isn’t sweet at all too and you can really taste the green tea flavour.

We walked on for a little more after our tea break before making our way back since it was getting a little late and we didn’t know how far more we should go. We were so full that we didn’t even have our dinner in the end!

So yes, I’ve finally been to Dalmaji Hill, which was on my TO VISIT list for Busan :) Not sure if I’d go back to Dalmaji again since it’s quite far away and I prefer Gwangan where the cafes are nearer to the beach/sea.

[Part 1] 194. Impromptu trip back to Ulsan and Daniel’s housewarming party 집들이

And again, I made an impromptu trip to Ulsan today. After making the decision to go, I got out of bed and was out of my room within 15 minutes. This time round, my trip was a fruitful one because I finally got to meet EH and…yes :) 

My initial plan was just to talk to him for an hour and then come back to Busan but his mum wanted me to stay for lunch too so I ended up staying for another hour. Actually, she wanted me to stay for the night too but I’d promised Daniel that I would go for his housewarming party. 어머님 is sooooooo nice! 

Blossoming

I was supposed to meet Valentina at 4pm but I had to push the time back to 5pm and I almost couldn’t make it back in time! The ride from Ulsan back to Busan was longer because of the heavy traffic. But thanks to the taxi driver, I made it back from Seomyeon to school within 15 minutes. Together with Valentina’s buddy and Baby, we set off for Gageum. First stop was Homeplus where we bought nachos, chips and drinks for Daniel’s party before going to his place. We were there from 6pm-10pm+! Dinner was nachos and chips and we talked and drank and talked and talked till we almost missed the last #62 back to school.