Our April 2015 trip to Korea was primarily to celebrate Sihoo-ssi’s 37th birthday. And celebrate it we did, enjoying every minute of his warm hospitality.
We also took the opportunity while we were there to discover other parts of the country – the culture, the landscape and of course, the food and shopping!
One side trip we made was to Busan, where part of Sihoo-ssi’s movie “Scent” was shot. We had not intentionally singled out “Sihoo” places to visit while we were there, or rather, we ran out of time to do our homework for Busan.
The Gwangalli Beach with the Gwangan Bridge in the background was one scene that left an impression in “Scent”. This was the only landmark we had on our itinerary that shouted Park Sihoo. We took the metro to Gwangalli and then braved the cold and windy walk down to the beach. The effort was well-worth as it was a beautiful sight that greeted us – the clean water and golden sand of the beach, the magnificent bridge that spans across the habour, totally uncluttered. It was a sight for sore eyes for a city girl like me who live in a concrete jungle!
An unexpected find was the filming location of the scene where Sihoo-ssi was seen crossing a traffic junction next to a “Smart Beach” booth. This scene appeared almost at the end of “Scent”. Everyone thought he would reconcile with the female protagonist there and then – but it was not to be.
Our guess was that this scene was shot in Gwangalli but we were wrong. In fact, it was just a stone’s throw away from where we stayed in Haundae Beach! I chanced upon it early one morning to get my early coffee fix, happened to look back at the beach and there it was! “Smart Beach”, exactly like the web photo we saw the night before! Funny thing is, we passed by this place and crossed that same traffic light without spotting it! We actually waited quite long for the traffic light to turn to cross the road and even had a chat on which Korean fried chicken – Bonchon or Kyochon Chicken was supposed to be good. Duh!
So you have it, two locations with impressions of Park Sihoo-ssi in Busan.
Ah, one more, but not a place but a thing. I am sure you will all remember the scene in Queen of Reversal where Park Sihoo-ssi ate live octopus? We saw live octopus at the fish market in Busan, but none of us tried it alive. We agree with you, Goo Yongsik, that experience will really test your guts, literally and figuratively!
釜山施厚君的脚步
在四月份，我们去韩国主要是为施厚君庆祝他的37岁生日。在他的热情和细心的招待下，我们愉快的过了一个值得怀念的一天！
趁着几天公共假期我们也请了几天假，当了PC国旅客玩游了几个地方，游览景点和文化遗产珍藏，当然，也少不了享受当地的美味佳肴和狂购物！
除了首爾，我们也去了釜山。釜山是施厚君拍摄电影“香气”时的一个外景拍摄地点。我们没有特意找出施厚君拍摄的地方，因为放假之前工作忙碌，没有时间参考釜山景点的资料和施厚君去过的地方。
在“香气”中，广安里海滩与广安大桥的背景应该给大家留下了深刻的印象。在我们的旅程计划，这是唯一跟施厚君有关的地点。我们搭乘地铁到广安里，冒着寒冷的大风快步到海滩。不负所望，一片优美的景色迎接了我们。清水和金色沙滩，威武大桥横跨海港，完全无高楼大厦阻挡眼视。对我这个城市化女性，真的无法想象在大城市（釜山是韩国第二大城市）还会存在这无遮挡的空间！
香气里，有一个外景是施厚君在十字路口等红绿灯过马路，在傍有个Smart Beach 的建筑。本以为他会在这跟女一号重逢，可是没有遇上。
我们都以为这是在广安里拍摄的，都错了。其实，这个地方就离我们在海云台住的酒店几步路而已！有一清早，我在寻找提神的咖啡时，偶然发现到。在等咖啡时，我转头望沙滩，哟，Smart Beach 就在眼前！跟我们前一晚在网上下载的照片一模一样！有趣的是，我们之前经过这里，可是没有认出。 我们也同施厚君在红绿灯等待。当时我们甚至在那里讨论了韩国炸鸡究竟是Bonchon好吃还是Kyochon呢！我们真的是三只瞎眼猫！
这就是两个在釜山跟着施厚君脚步看到的印象。
啊忘了，还有一个！我相信你们都会记得施厚君在逆转女王里吃活章鱼的一幕吧？我们在釜山鱼市场看到了活章鱼，但是都没有尝试，和具勇植的感觉一致， 这样的玩意儿可要壮着胆才能尝试！
Photo credits: MBC’s Queen of Reversal, All other photos by Nance
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Thanks for sharing this story Nance. I loved to read it.^^
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