Firsts

So, on Saturday I had my first trips to Costco and the Dadamibang (I really don’t know if that’s how you spell it…).  Costco’s about 20-30 minutes away from our apartments in east Daegu, I think it’s near the north side of town.  First of all, Costco was crawling with people on a Saturday evening.  The great thing about Costco is it has a lot of American things that you can’t find in local groceries.  So I stocked up on granola bars and cheese.  Granola bars are great to have at school so you don’t starve.  And, well, cheese just isn’t in local groceries here.  So I bought some sliced cheese and learned  from one of the other teachers that you can freeze it.  Which will be nice since I’m only one person and it’s a giant thing of cheese.

While we were there we picked up some giant Costco pizzas to bring back because a bunch of us were going to go watch a movie at the Dadamibang.  The Dadamibang, if that’s what it’s really called, is a super video rental place because you get a video and a room with couches and stuff to watch the movie.  We watched Tangled, which was great, I think my nieces and nephew would like it if they haven’t already seen it!

On Sunday morning we left around 10am to go to the national park right on the edge of Daegu.  The leaves are just starting to turn here, there are some really brilliant ginkgo trees around.  We took the cable car half way up the mountain, which gave us nice views of the city.  It was a little chilly but not too bad.  Then we hiked around on trails for a little bit, scrambling over rocks and stuff and trying to stay out of the way.  Koreans are really intense about hiking, they all bring poles and backs and wear lots of colorful gear.  After climbing over some of the rocks, especially going down, I can understand the poles.  People liked to say ‘hi!’ to us a lot, especially Hannah and Ashley who are both blonde.  One couple was really nice and helped us with the map, and then took our picture and bought us popsicles when we got to the top (there was a little old lady selling popsicles out of a cooler).  And then we began our trek down, which was kind of longer and steeper than we were expecting.  And it was all a little more difficult because it rained on Saturday.  But we made it and by 2:30 or so I was back in my apartment and ready for a nap.  Have to admit I’m a little sore today.  But it was so nice to get out of the city and be in the woods, and better to know that the park’s right there!

Hope everyone’s well!  I’ll try and update this frequently but I’ve never been very good at journaling…so forgive me if it’s a wee bit sporadic or delayed.


xoxo
Charlotte