Melanie's 26th Birthday

Hi all,

I know this blog is coming a little late, but I just wanted to say "thank you" for all the birthday wishes! They were very much appreciated from all the way across the world here in Korea...

Even though I definitely missed all of my friends and family at home, I still had a really nice birthday here. On Sunday night (the night before my birthday), Larry, myself, and about 40 of our friends/coworkers came out for dinner and drinks at a restaurant called Bu. Bu is in Paju, and actually right down the street from English Village. It was a really laidback evening, but a great time had by all. After dinner, we headed to another bar called Jjokki Jjokki. Here, the highlight of the evening was playing with this really cool fly-swatter/zapper, tennis racket-looking thing! Especially when we started daring each other to see who would stick their fingers in it!

Then, on my actual birthday, we had the day off and so Larry and I headed to Everland (a Korean amusement park in Seoul) with our friends Mike & Chloe. As you can see by the pictures, we had a great time here too! The best part by far, in my opinion, was this wildlife safari bus ride....where you actually go into a wildlife area (kind of reminded me of Jurassic Park) and saw lions, tigers, bears, etc. all running wild. The bus driver even hand-fed some of the animals right from our bus window!!! Not something I've ever seen in the US, as I can only imagine how unhealthy it is for the wild animals, but we did enjoy it nonetheless.

Well, thanks again for those of you who remembered my birthday!

Love & kisses,
Melanie (& Larry too)

KOREAN FOR THE DAY: Saengirul chukkahamnida! - "Happy Birthday!"

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