after our incredible but hectic first week in seoul we were searching for an entirely different
experience of south korea so we came all the way down here to busan we honestly had no idea what to
expect with south korea's second largest city be any different or would it just be more of the same
to find out we have to start with the thing that brought us here in the first place
we're at Gamcheon Village right now and when you look at pictures of busan
online this is what you see it's a super colorful beautiful village
they call it the santorini of korea really excited to get lost in these streets
as soon as you walk the streets here it becomes immediately clear why this place is so popular
cute cafes beautiful vistas like this one and quirky awesome art everywhere and even though
all of this was why we actually came in the first place it actually wasn't my favorite part
i'm not really sure if we're on the right path but we kind of have to remind ourselves maybe there is
no right path right it turns out these colorful homes you see here were once built to house
thousands of refugees from the korean war and even though they look like they're built right on
top of each other they actually were intentionally built so that no one house blocked any other house
that was my favorite part
there are tons of little walkways and paths along
here and it is very easy to get lost even even with a map
i'm really glad that we came it's definitely a lot more touristy touristy or populated than
i thought it was going to be but as we know touristy doesn't always mean bad it just means
there's something for everybody here but i think what makes this village so special is actually
the people that live here and what this village means to them
okay but part of the fun is really just taking the bus right after we made it down the hill
it was time to see what the rest of busan was like and to eat it was really just time to eat
well we found where all the people are seomyeong this is like
such a hip cool area in the middle of busan there's just so much going on hello
what an area there's just so much going on down here right now we're tr hello hey good to meet
you too so we're so we're trying to make our way to cafe street which is just a little bit
down the road that way and uh i don't know find a nice hip cafe to hang out in it's very hip here
but first we have to get some mom's touch burger we've heard that this is great
local favorite let's find out whoa
good burger very different than your normal cheeseburger back in the u.s for sure
it's kind of got a sweet sauce to it
it's got like a sweet honey glaze on it
i don't really taste the soy sauce it's got a spice to it wow it's really good
saw this place on the fourth floor with tents maybe a cafe with tents. let's see
it's called again September wake me up, when September ends. where is it
so we're on Jianpo cafe street and we're at this place called again september is that right again
september that's where we are and uh truthfully in the list of places that i thought that i would
be having tea i really didn't think it would be inside of a tent this does include this wonderful
piece you know it's our little our little light for inside of our tent here there's also
there's also uh lights all over i'm not sure if this is ac or fan it works
that's pretty nice it just delivered our tea
so you're allotted 90 minutes in here and uh well nap time
where's my pillow
after a quick power nap we are on our way to citizens park to meet up with the parents
at first glance this park looks like any of the super developed parks found throughout south korea
beautiful floral arches cuteness overload everywhere bridges over koi filled waters
they even have a man-made beach area but then we learned what was underneath all of it
it turns out this area was once used as a military base during the japanese occupation
during the early 1900s then it was later used as a u.s military camp during the korean war
this was all until it was reclaimed by the city of busan in 2006 and built into what it
is today you know that sentiment or that saying that if you surround yourself with happy people
you yourself will feel happy this is what i feel right now here in busan in this park
there are people picnicking here there are people walking their dogs their kids rolling
by on their scooters playing everywhere there's even a convenience store in this very park
this whole park has free wi-fi i'm uploading a youtube video right now
yeah i think south korea is my happy people surround yourself with happy people so yeah if
you want to see more happy lisa and josh please uh consider subscribing it's better than disney world
try not to act too surprised it's time to eat again
since busan is known for its amazing seafood we knew exactly where to go for dinner
oh my gosh dude the smell
Jagalchi Market is the largest seafood market in all of south korea
just about anything that swims in the ocean ends up here
there's crabs trying to crawl out of the containers the seafood of basically every
conceivable kind it's so colorful smells so strongly in here it's just after walking around
and taking in all the sights and the smells of sea creatures we had never even knew existed and
meeting some very friendly vendors who explained how it all works with some of them even providing
us some light-hearted entertainment we went back outside for some fresh air and to delivery
okay so we just learned how this all works
there are two different ways you can do this if you feel comfortable enough and if you feel
confident enough you can pick and pay for your seafood by the kilo and have it brought up to
any number of these stalls upstairs and have them cooked for you the problem is it's a little bit
more expensive than if you were to just eat at one of these restaurants and order straight from them
probably like 20 or 30 more right i'd have no idea it was like i've been trying to do the
math but i can't figure it out like exactly we'll do the math later but so we decided so we decided
that downstairs seafood was just a little bit too pricey for us and we're not honestly that good at
picking out seafood so we decided to come upstairs to this beautiful windowside ocean view restaurant
where there are maybe 50 different stalls here all with the same menu and then uh we started
to realize i don't know what i'm trying to say and then and then and so we are here
so we just ordered a medium sea bream they offer everything in small medium large depending on
price we have no idea what the sizes actually mean she said a medium was good for four people
a little bit of grilled shrimp of course the necessary soju and uh beer and then all the
other just fun chunks amazing accoutrements that come with every single korean mail
let the prawns cool so you're able to touch them twist and remove them from the head of the front
just look at this feast that we've got wow the skin is really
that's really really
really good after devouring our meal we explored the other five floors to the building which we
heard apparently includes a spa a karaoke bar a wedding chapel but the best part we think is at
the very top wow cool there's lights everywhere wow see busan and neon lights great choices
i have to say that was definitely maybe one of our most expensive meals on our trip so far but
it was so so worth it the whole experience i mean when you're in busan it feels like one of
the things that you just have to do so i hurt my leg the other day but i've got a substitute
oh no i've been replaced that was almost too good oh no when traveling to any new country
it can be easy to visit only the biggest city rome paris bangkok sydney we get that
we've done that they're all amazing places in their own right but if busan has taught
us anything it's that by only going to the biggest city you'd be missing out on so much
we would have missed out on all of this
i think i think on the map this is the tower of solo pleasure bye i'm coming with
this is not for the faint of heart or claustrophobic this is a great place to be alone
bye what am i saying it's like a spooky
so many things to say