Just a taste of Daegu… and it comes in a bag

To the disappointment of my parents, I do not have any cultural, historical, sight-seeing, or anything of that nature stories to share.  

My stories are again about being with friends and going out.  But Dad!! isn't history made from the events and interactions that occur between people?!  So I was making my own history on this first (of many to come) trips to Daegu.  And no slam against the people of Daegu or my friends who living there, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of cultural things there anyway.  Frommer's doesn't think so, nor does the official tourist site for Korea. There are hiking trails, a herb tourist park-thing, and a temple is listed that would be nice to see, but this first trip was business!!  Tim's birthday!!  Korea's history is centuries old and will remain in place for us to see on another trip up!! But Tim only turns 23/25 once (well the 25 he'll do again, on American soil, but that's not the point), we came up for his birthday.

 

We had good intentions to leave Busan early and arrive in Daegu with some time to look around.  Delays accorded (burgers for breakfast, a little shopping, a little wandering), but we got to Busan Station and caught the "slow" train around half one and finally arrived in Daegu just before 3.  

We did a little more shopping in the metro mall (very popular here. Transfer stations, where two or more lines meet, will have hallways and hallways filled with stores.  The sell everything down there!)  I got a new dress and a new, awesome, super Korean style coat, Rach got a sexy dress and Michael just walked around with us.  He lucked-out trying to find a new waistcoat (for Americans that is a suit vest.  Why the need for a different name, IDK).  From there it was time to give Tim a call and get ready for the night!!

Dinner was at a western pub.  The food was really good.  Despite that fact that we had burgers for breakfast that day, we all ordered burgers again!  I do like Korean food, but most meals lack the ability to do justice to your stomach they way a burger can!  So having two in one day really isn't all the "gross" when you remember that what we eat every other day is: plain rice, soup that is 90% broth and 10% tiny veggies (usually seaweed and onions), cabbage (kimchi), and more veggies!!!!  Plus the burgers were SO good :)

After dinner it was dancing time!! We went to Club GoGo, which has the worst steps imaginable for a club that offers limitless drinks for 2 hours for only 20,000won!!!  The three of us worked out a nice little way to work the system and enjoyed tasty drinks all night that were served in Capri Sun-like baggies!

There were no elevators to get stuck in this time, although the stairs could have posed a death trap, deep steps at a sharp angle, with low ceilings and barely two feet for you to get your body through, could have been a nightmare!!  We safely managed to escaped all dangers and made it out to the streets to find it raining and a cab driver who either (1) did not know his way that well around Daegu, (2) could not understand our western pronunciation of Korean addresses, or (3) a combo of the two with a bit of an alcohol haze mucking things up a bit.  I'd like to think that our hour-long cab ride, which should have only been 20mins, was mainly due to us not knowing the city and trusting too much in the cabbie's city knowledge, not that our communication skills were dampened due to bag drinks!  

Sunday we grabbed brunch, did a bit more wandering around, and headed back to Busan.  A great first trip to Daegu with more to follow - ones that will include cultural elements, I promise!