Busan
Continuing the trip, here is the same beach in Busan in day light
Today was a special day in Busan for three reasons. One I have already told you, the international film festival was currently hold right here. The second reason is it was Hangeul day - a national holiday to honor the invention of the Korean alphabet. Because it really was invented, by King Sejeon and his scientists, as an alternative for the people in the lower class, as the far more complex Chinese alphabet took such a long time to learn only scholars could read. So as celebration, there was some events going on on the beach.
Not sure was liquid nitrogen ice cream is, and although the making process was interesting with all that fog, a salt tasting ice cream was really not something I would recommend. Not at all.
Yep, we went to check out the world's largest department store. But other than food, the stores was too expensive to be of interest.
Rice cakes in all kinds of flavors and shapes. Especially shapes.
Ice brink inside the shopping mall
And a collection of Swedish brands!! Fjällräven, H&M och Haglöfts!
Moving on...
This picture.... just happen to be funny. The staty is taking a picture of the military man's butt! Hehe!
And here was our last destination in Busan. The BIFF street, or, Busan International Film Festival street.
Zhang Yimou's hand! (A Chinese director who have made many great movies such as Hero, Flying Daggers etc.)
Oh! A Swedish director's hand! Jan Troell?
And, lastly, the third reason why this day was special. In Busan, there was also a festival in the fish market area, and here is a parade celebrating that, walking from BIFF to the fish market.
So, not only was there unusually many tourists (since many came for the film festival), and not only was is a holiday so all school kids was off from school (because of hangeul day), it was also a market festival. As you might understand, the streets was crowded with people. After spending about half the day in Busan, we retired and went back to our small Chungju city. The sudden increase of people was just too much for us!
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