Soccer in Busan

Korea and Japan co-hosted the World Cup together back in 2002, and that same year Korea also hosted the 2002 Asia Games.  As a result, Korea spent a bunch of money building really nice athletic facilities which we have the pleasure of enjoying.

A little surprisingly, the turnout on a Wednesday night was so low that bleachers were set up on the field so the few fans that were there could be very close to the action.  The energy was low compared to the basketball game, so maybe next time we'll go on a weekend.  This time we decided to try some stadium food instead of bringing in our own.  The other downside to the low turnout was the slim pickings for dinner options.

Empty.

Dinner.

Notice the dried squid for sale. It looks like they took a whole squid and lay it on the dehydrator.  No thanks.

Smart move ducking at that point.

The die-hard fans in front of us with a sign for a player (the sign is laminated).

I'Park scores!

At the end of the game the players came over and bowed to us and gave us a round of applause.