Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside!

Outside is cold and rainy, and I can hear the heavy drops of collected rain dripping onto some plastic bottles while the rain beats the corrugated plastic roof of my awning. The air smells fresh, in only the way rain can smell, and although it's not hot, the cool breeze filtering through my open kitchen window seems like heaven. I think of home for a moment. Rain would never stop up from doing anything, but today I plan to stay in the house and enjoy being rained in!

At home, right now, with this amount of rain, the water would be collecting around the front of the house, creating a little reservoir that is nigh on impossible to pass without getting soaking feet. It's funny what you miss when you're about 5700 miles (9200km) away from home. But it's a good feeling, like my rare cups of tea.

Instead of reminiscing of days gone by in rainy England, I thought that I would take you through a sunny day in South Korea, so here goes:

Yesterday (Saturday, 7th November) Natasha and I decided to go to Daejin Beach in Yeonghae, so we got some Gimbop, water and our cameras and started along the road towards the beach. It was a really nice stroll, the weather was warm, but not too hot, the views were a little hazy, mystifying the surrounding mountains and the area was quiet apart from the two white foreigners chatting and the occasional passing car. The view above is of the river on the way to the beach, with the mountains behind.

We made it to the beach in just over 30 minutes, and when we got there it was so quiet. The only things around us were the sand, the sea, some oujima's and the seagulls. This is Natasha walking onto the beach. Check out her amazing camera :)

The picture on the left doesn't do the beach justice - it is so blue, with the little fishing towns far in the distance, and then mountains after mountains after mountains behind them. The sand is the slightly glassy kind, that's abrasive but in a very soft way, so walking around barefoot meant my feet felt so smooth last night and this morning. See...look at the beautiful sand...

Once we sat down, I opened up the gimbop (sushi) - I picked up the tuna

variety, it tastes sooo good! And I thought I'd share with you the joy of the gimbop! It starts with the layer of seaweed and then rice, then mint leaves, followed by a splodge of tuna, some pickle, crab, omlette, and a couple of other things, rolled together and cut into slices...mmm!

See, it's Natasha's favourite too! We sat for a while, and then played about in the sand (ok I played and build a sand castle while Natasha took pictures!) and then sat about some more. When it started getting a little cold at 5pm we decided to walk back to Yeonghae to meet up with the guys for some pizza. But not before we saw the unthinkable...

KOREANS ON THE BEACH OUTSIDE OF BEACH SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!! Shocking, but so cute! They had a few kids with them and they were just taking pictures and chasing after them. It was so lovely to watch.

And just because I think it's only fair to remind you of what I did on a delightful November day, check out my local beach one last time....

Love you guys and I hope you're all well! Keep in touch by leaving a comment, writing to me, or emailing me! I love letters and stickers and hearing about all the things you're up to!

Love, Me x