If you have spent any time in South Korea, you know just how elusive ‘breakfast’ (in a Western sense) is…. Continue reading
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Bean’s Market – Daegu Brunch Spot
Every once in a while you just want to go out for a nice breakfast…Little did I know that my beloved Sunday champagne brunches (or even a trip to a greasy spoon) would become an almost impossible to find treat when we moved to South Korea. Continue reading
Mt Palgong: Hiking into History
Going off an address that we had gleaned from the simultaneously vague and informative Palgong Provincial Park website, we set off in what we hoped was the general direction of some good hiking. The back roads from Waegwan wound themselves through villages with crooked brick bus stops and past fields of Continue reading
Mt Apsan: A View From the Top
Finally! The humidity has left the air and our nights and mornings have a refreshing chill to them. We have been waiting for days like these to put on our hiking boots and Continue reading
Some traditions linger at Chilseong Market…
Right off the subway and we were already in the throng of it. First, a smell – definitely a mélange…And then the sights. Continue reading
Golden Buddha of Manbulsa
We were off to a bit of a late start on Saturday…Perhaps we didn’t really need that last pot of coffee before heading out to Impo to find the golden Buddha of Manbulsa Temple after all.
There was a small debate over how to get there: should we take the shorter train ride that connects with the local bus for a nice, relaxing cruise through the countryside, or Continue reading
Yes, we Duryu!
It is hard to believe that it has been a year since we were diving the wreck of the ‘America’ near Singer Castle with Jay of St. Lawrence Aquatics in upstate New York. We heard tell about an indoor dive pool in Daegu Continue reading
Oh, Seomun…
Wandering around Seomun Market in Daegu has quickly become one of my favorite ways to spend a day. One can literally get lost in this wondrously labyrinthian place. It is both overwhelming and inspiring. Continue reading