Sorry for the lack of updates! I've been kind of busy lately. I've been studying Korean pretty hard. That doesn't mean I can really speak it or understand much, but I can text and write basic Korean, so I guess it's a start.
This weekend I went to Daegu with my friend Brian. It was our friend Andy's birthday, and our other friend Joe came to visit from Seoul. Before meeting Andy, we went to a foreigner bar called Travelers. Foreigner bars can be hit or miss in Korea, but I really liked this one. Food was delicious and they had good beers. Brian wouldn't shut up about craft beers. I appreciate good beers but when Cass/Hite/Max (Korean domestics) are half the price, I'll drink the shitty Korean beer almost every time. I had a chili cheese burger which came with a mountain of fries. After getting full, I stopped eating. I guess Brian saw it as a contest and a challenge to eat everything because he did. And he got a little sick, haha.
We met up with Andy and went to meet Joe at the train station. It was pretty crowded. After getting a motel, we went to get tacos. They were actually pretty amazing (Dos Tacos). There were four of us, so when they asked how many I couldn't say "Dos...amigos" which I stole from Joe. We had some margaritas, and then went out drinking. I met some pretty cool people that night. A half American half Korean woman with her name tattooed in Korean letters, and an Afghan guy who runs an import/export company. I like Daegu a lot; I could definitely see myself living there in the future.
The next day, we went to this bookstore/cafe called Buy the Book. It's one of, if not the best, used English bookstore I have been to in Korea. It's really relaxed, and when we went they had pulled pork tacos for 2,000 won ($2)! If I hadn't already been full from Quiznos I would have eaten more. You're probably thinking "Oh this guy only eats foreign food" no fuck that. In Samcheonpo all I eat is Korean food every day. When I leave the city I pretty much only eat Korean food. I found out Joe has never eaten kimchi, which is nothing short of astonishing. He said it was a challenge for him. We barely got the last bus back to Jinju (there are no direct Samcheonpo-Daegu buses) Here are some pics and videos. The first ones are from Samcheonpo.
