Practicing To Be a Tour Guide

Man, the viewer ship has gone down on this thing. I don't mind at all. I basically write this blog for three reasons: 1. Give my parents news updates (and anyone in the family), 2. To avoid telling the same story a million times (I point anyone who contacts me on facebook saying "how have you been?" over to this blog). 3. To keep a journal (outside of my real journal, which is full of happy or angry ramblings and streams of consciousness) that I can look back on and see all the places I have seen and the cool things I did. Either way, I'm glad to have this tool of contact with my family and I won't stop writing.

Last weekend Yeonjeong, a friend of ours, came down from Seoul to visit and hang out with Brent, Emma and I. It was her first time in Daegu and we tried to show her a good time. When she got here on Saturday night, we went out to dinner at a Canadian place. Then we got some coffee and went out on the town for drinks. It was a fun night and we definitely saw the sun come up. On Sunday morning, I made french toast and eggs for everyone. Then Brent, Yeonjeong and I went down to a historical house where a poet named Lee Sang-Hwa lived. It was kind of strange being at an anti-Japanese exhibit at this point in time (the earthquake destruction). Then we wandered around Yangyeongsi (Traditional Medicine Street) for a while before meeting up with Emma for Vietnamese food.  After that we went to a place that is famous for tea. It was awesome tea and I am excited to know that it's there. I am totally heading back again. Then we decided to go to a random park up in the northeast corner of Daegu. It ended up having a really pretty reservoir with dinky little motorized boats in the shape of ducks. So obviously, we went boating! We stayed until sunset there and then took Yeonjeong back to the train station. I think she had a good time.

Anyway, next weekend we are planning to see some cherry blossoms. Spring!

Too Much To Do!

Seoul was super fun! We had some tea in a bird house basically, climbed to Seoul tower, had some 'good' Mexican, found some good German local brewery, hung out with Joe, Jojo and Shawn. We also stayed in a super fancy hotel that we didn't spend too much time in. Then last week was just a whole bunch of work. This last weekend there was an acid rain warning, so we tried to stay in as much as possible. We ended up eating brunch downtown, having cocktails at a fancy hotel, some beer in a cabin, some japanese food and finally ended up at my friend's bar playing some games. Needless to say, I have been having fun. I promise to post pictures when I get a new memory card (my last one was stolen). Next weekend: More rain? Two weekends from now: Cherry Blossoms.

Still Alive...

I'm just letting everyone know that I'm still kickin. It's been an interesting couple of weeks. After I got my stitches out of my foot last Tuesday, Emma and I got hit really hard with food poisoning. Then, the next night when I came home from work I realized that my apartment had been broken into. They didn't take anything major, just some old coats (name brand North Face and Marmot stuff), and a memory card. So I have been dealing with that and the first two weeks of a new term at school. Busy, busy, busy.

Chuck, Brent, Emma and I are heading to Seoul tonight. My personal agenda for the trip is to find good Mexican food and good beer. I will update when I get back... hopefully with pictures (I need a new memory card).