This year my summer has been really fun and mellow. In June and July I went on two really fun trips to Korea with my mom and Colorado with my dad.  When I came back I had some time to just stay in NYC and relax. In August I was supposed to go to gymnastics and do a month of summer training, but since I got into the Ailey School I decided not to do gymnastics anymore and do that instead. It was a hard decision because I’ve been doing gymnastics for 6 or 7 years. So for August I’ve been able to have some time to play with some of my friends and just hang out. I haven’t been able to do that in August for about 4 or 5 years, so it was nice. I think that this summer has been one of the best summers so far, even though most of my summer breaks are always fun. I am looking forward to going back to school and seeing all my friends, even though everyone wont be able to get the whole day off of school for 2 and a half months for a while.

This is the seafood we ate at the restaurant

This is at the deck where we could see the sea

This is in front of the restaurant we ate at

On the second week of my Korea trip I went to a city in Korea called Busan. I went with my mom and my grandma. Busan is the second biggest city in Korea, the first is Seoul where I was staying at during my trip. We took the train there, it was about a two and a half hour train ride. When we got there my grandmas cousins picked us up from the train station. I’ve never met that part of my family because they live in Busan and it was my first time going to Busan. My grandmas cousins brought us to a seafood restaurant right next to the water. When you walked in there was a smell of the sea. Each table had a grill and we had Octopus, Sea cucumber, Squid, Scallops, Clams, Mussels and mushrooms. Busan is famous for seafood because Busan is surrounded with water. After my mom and I rested at the hotel while my grandma spent time with her cousins.

The next day my grandma took my mom and I to the place that my moms grandpa lived, there was also a big street market there called Jeli-sigtang. There were a lot of people selling fish, meat, clothing, shoes and a lot more. After my grandma wanted to rest to we went to the Lotte department store and got some things there. Lotte is the biggest brand in Korea. There is also Lotte World, Lotte buildings, Lotte Hotel and the Lotte food buisness. After we took a long walk in a big park that was kind of like an island. Once you walked 20 minutes in there was a deck where you could see the sea, it was very beautiful. Then for dinner we went to a restaurant that was famous for kong-gucksoo. Kong-gooksoo is soy beans blended in the blender and it turns into a soup with noodles. Then we went to another Jeli-sigtang because I didn’t really like the kong-gucksoo. Once we finished walking around we went back to the hotel. The next morning we got ready to leave but before that we had lunch in Busan. And then we went to the train station back to Seoul.