1. ANNELIESE!!! She's beautiful and impressive here in her new home! We have been starting our days with a ritualistic hot chocolate at her favorite coffee shop, Angel in Us - a Korean chain. Today the barista (is it barister if it is a man?) gave her a free pastry, which embarrassed her in a cute sort of way :)
 |
| Isn't She Just the Best?!? |
2. Brandon Swinging on South Korean Swings. I still am laughing from this!!! Brandon and I wandered looking for a climbing wall that is open for bouldering in the Beomeo park close to Anneliese's apartment. While searching for the climbing wall we came across a playground. Here are the choice antics from our play time.
3. The before and after shots at the local market. Corey, Anneliese's good friend here tried to tell us that they sell the little dogs for pets in the cages. It could be possible...anything is possible. But these dogs are in the cages next to the chickens they behead for you to take home for dinner. And its hard to believe such things when the stall across the way is selling dog carcass. But it's possible....anything is possible.
On a side note, when I took these photos I was yelled at by an angry Korean women with a large knife....the only time I wasn't given a big smile and a peace sign when taking a photo so far in Korea. My thoughts - if you're going to eat dogs, that's fine, but embrace it don't hide it!
4. The homogeneous nature of this culture is amazing. Daegu is a city of 2.6 million people and we are stared at everywhere we go. People cross the street in order to say hello to us. It's a challenge for those who long to be a wallflower, or simply fit in. On a positive note, at least we look cool in our puffy coats and jeans. Brandon is upset that he left his mountaineering pants at home, if he had those, he could just blend....
 |
| Find the Whitey!!! |
5. There is something awesome about the climbing community.... no matter where you go in the world, there are climbers. It is in some way soothing to know you will always have a subculture, a community no matter where you are. In Daegu, we haven't met any climbers, but we know they're out there. Here is a wall we spent the sunny afternoon enjoying.
 |
| Outdoor Climbing Wall at Bomeo Park |
Brandon trained and practiced figure 4 moves in anticipation of his mixed climbing when we return stateside. I learned how to do such a thing - although my climbing escapades will probably never result in needing such a thing.
 |
| Learning the Figure 4 Move |
It is a much more pleasant thought to think of those sweet big eyed pups as "pets" rather than "dinner"....and it keeps me from continuously buying them to save them from the scary-mean-yelling Korean lady with a huge knife or some Korean's dinner table! :) Hey don't you guys need a pet??? I know where you could get one to take home.....
ReplyDelete-Corey
The dog carcasses also looked much larger than the little dogs - not much meat on the little ones. So you may be right. So, you may be right...we can think so, however I think there is something good about knowing where what you are eating comes from... :)
ReplyDelete