The Problem With a Week:

...it's not enough time to fully recharge, and just enough time to realize how much you dread going back to work. I survived school today, but barely. I already miss last week's days of 10am sleep-ins and breakfast in bed.

Christmas vacation was low key and wonderful: exactly what I wanted. Tyler and I had chance to do a few touristy things, and a lot of hanging out and eating delicious food...I figure it was a successul holiday because I sent Tyler home craving salad and water, I don't blame him.

First stop was the Busan Aquarium, a major tourist attraction located right on Haeundae beach. Tyler and I met up with Brianna and her boyfriend Matt to check out some strange and unusual sea creatures. My favourite part of the day was watching Tyler refuse to touch one of those weird sea cucumber looking things I first encountered at the market a few months ago, because he had nowhere to wash his hands after. That's my boy.

Me and Tyler on the Haeundae boardwalk, winter styles.

The penguin exhibit. These guys were awesome!

This one little dude liked hanging out right by the glass wall of the exhibit. He was definitely the extrovert of the group.

Love at first sight. I actually started to worry that this penguin was trying to steal my boyfriend. Is it normal to be jealous of a bird?

Long-necked turtles. It was hard for me to get a clear picture, but these guys were crazy! Their necks stretched on forever.

More snake-turtles.

Aquarium wall. This was cool, about 2 stories high.

Zebra Eel. This guy reminded me of the crazy Sand Worms from the Beetlejuice movie. Rhi, you can appreciate this.

My personal fave. This fish was wicked-cool; he looked like a cartoon character, swimming by the glass and staring people in the eye.

Hahaha, his expression totally reads, "How you doin'?". I felt like he was skimming for babes or something.

GIANT monster crabs, they were the size of a small child. I must have stared at them for 5 minutes straight. Imagine running into one of these in the middle of the ocean at night.

Creepiest part by far was the Grandaddy crab, hiding out in the background, staring us down and (I'm pretty sure) plotting our deaths.

Jellyfish tank, one of Tyler's favourites. It was also hard to get a clear pic of this tank, and impossible to capture how beautiful and delicate these things look.

Giant stingray, floating through the world's longest glass tunnel.

Look how big!

I find this video so hilarious... you can see Brianna grab hold of one of these things for just a second, before realizing how disgusting it was.