Melanie's 26th Birthday

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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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Comments

[Tami]

Hey guys! What great blogs you have. I really enjoy getting them. Happy belated b-day!! keep up the postings!!! love from NYC