City Tour Bus

The City Bus tour wasn't quite what we were expecting. There are different courses, and there is no way to tell what course you're on until you get to the places. The course we took today seemed to be a mish mash of all the courses. So we didn't get to any temples, it was sad. Today was absolutely freezing cold, where it snowed and rained. It rarely snows in Daegu, today just happened to be the day. Luc and I think that every time we do tourist stuff, the weather doesn't act in our favour.

First stop was Nokdong-seowon Confucian Academy. It was started by a Japanese man who originally came to invade Korea, but respected Korean culture so much, started an Academy.

Second stop was Herbhillz. A weird park that has herb gardens, amusement rides, mini zoo, and magic shows. Not really sure what was happening there. We were there for two hours, and were to get lunch there. We tried, but kept getting either refused for some reason, or had to wait a long time. We then left the park to find food elsewhere and ended up in a restaurant that was an extension of someone's house. It was a little weird, but the food was decent. At Herbhillz there was an Ice Valley, which was pretty sweet as you can see from the pictures :D In the zoo, there were the most random animals. There were monkeys (one of which was fast asleep, and many flashes did nothing to wake him). THere were deer, raccoons, skunks, deer, bunnies, the largest mallard ducks I have ever seen (take ours and double it in size).

Then we went to the World Cup Stadium. It was a big Stadium, hurray. Beside it was the Daegu Sports Museum, which was alright, but it wasn't my cup of tea. Luc was a happy boy though.

Then last, we headed to the middle of nowhere. I thought the tour guide was taking us out there to kill us or something. We went to Otgol Village, which was Gyeonju's Choi (family name) head house. It is a little cluster of houses from hundreds of years ago where the family Choi (pronounced Chay) has lived. There was a head house, and a little building that was given to the family by the king.

We would like to do the tour again, but see if we can find out where the tour is going. You have to make reservations, but there is no place that asks to specify, no place that tells you.

After the tour, Luc and I booked out tickets to Seoul. We are taking the KTX, so it was more expensive, but you go ridiculously fast. We are going to Seoul Feb 7 at 11am, and leave Feb 9 at 9pm. It's just over two hours train ride. We don't have anywhere to stay yet, but apparently there is a tourist info place when you get off the train that will help us. We could always stay at a "love" motel. Which is a room, with a circular bed. Yeah, we'll find somewhere a little nicer I hope. No idea what we're going to do there, or anything, but we'll arm ourselves with our Lonely Planet, and take it as it comes.