Daegu

We had a great day in Daegu yesterday! We absolutely loved the city. We got on a bus in Pohang and it was about an hour and 15 minutes away. The bus cost only $7.00 and the buses were really comfortable with TV's, big seats, etc. Daegu is one of the 5 biggest cities in Korea so there is lots of shopping, restaurants and much, much more. Mainly yesterday we just shopped as you can see by the picture! We found lots of stores that we loved and bought some new clothes for work. The prices of most of the stores is either the same or cheaper than at home. We went inside the Gap though and the prices were SO expenses. It cost about $100 for a pair of pants that would be $50 at home. The other thing is that you cannot get sizes in MOST stores bigger than an 8 or 28, so if you are small like MaryAnne, shopping is not a problem at all! It's also very difficult to find shoes bigger than a size 7 for women, so MA will definitely not have a problem finding new clothes! There is apparently a foreigner's section in Seoul called Itaewon which sells lots of American food, clothes, etc in a wide range of sizes.

The people in Daegu seemed to be much friendlier and less conservative than in Pohang. There were way more foreigners and people were very outgoing, friendly and so we didn't feel like social outcasts the way we sometimes do here. We think we've definitely been getting a small perspective of Korea and Koreans probably because we're in a small city where people are ultra-conservative. In Daegu, many people had funky hairstyles and clothes and we didn't get stared at everywhere we went.

When it was time for dinner, we thought we would go to a Korean restaurant just because the prices are usually so much cheaper. We asked the server for some of the Korean food we like and she kept making an "X" sign with her hands. When we didn't get our token side dishes of kimchi we realized that we weren't at a Korean restaurant at all! We were at a Japanese restaurant! The food was GREAT!!




We left Daegu at about 11pm and got back here just after midnight. Our next adventure will be to Busan which I think is about 2 hours away and at the southern tip of Korea! It's the second biggest city in Korea with lots of beaches, shopping and it sounds like lots of fun!!