Out On the Weekend

We've been in Daegu for 3 weeks now but sometimes it feels more like 3 days.  The work week passes by so quickly that we hardly have (make) the time to plan out our weekends.  Luckily the city has plenty to offer and the public transit system makes it easy to wake up on Saturday morning and find an adventure.

Our first outing was a walk through Duryu Park.  The park is gigantic and beautiful.  As soon as you enter you forget about the massive city that lies beyond the trees.  The only maps we could find were in Korean so we decided to wander around and hope for the best.  Here is a glimpse at what we found.

Keumyong-sa

View from the front porch swing

After checking out the temple grounds we continued down the trail until we came to a large pond where people were feeding a massive school of fish.  These fish were terribly ugly and extremely desperate for potato chip crumbs and other scraps of food.

We were feeding these pathetic saps from a footbridge that connected to a tiny island which seemed to house another small temple, but the gate was locked so I snapped a quick photo and then we went to find some food.

Hidden Temple

Duryu Park was a nice time and we've already set our sights on going back.  A teacher at my school gave us some info regarding a small mountain that people climb in the center of the park.  When you reach the top you'll find a small restaurant serving chicken and beer.  Sounds pretty nice.

Speaking of mountains our second outing took us to the top of Mt Apsan.  The hike was only about two miles but here in Korea, hiking trails seem to go straight up.  It wasn't until we had almost reached the top that the trail began to meander nice and slowly around the mountain's edge.  It was hot and we were hungry, (which seems to be becoming a common theme among this blog), but the view quickly struck this from our minds.

Daegu Tower

Duryu Park

Daegu.  Every inch of it.

And finally:

noted.