This past Friday, Brian and I walked around old downtown. We had a delicious 32cm ice cream (or so it is advertised), and took a look at the cute puppy stores! It's great to walk around old downtown. There are lots of shops, some arcades, and street food. We visited a famous Daejeon bakery and I bought a nice pair of shoes! One pedestrian street is closed off to cars. For dinner we ate at the Flying Pan, an Italian restaurant offering delicious pizza! Brian had the yummy pizza and I ordered the okay pesto pasta. Next time I'll know better. This was the first Friday in 3 weeks in which we actually had free time after school!! (I forgot to mention that we had to take a 3-week training course, 5 days/week, 5:20-7:00pm... ugh)
On Saturday we were on the search for cherry blossoms! We walked towards Chungnam university, but alas there were no cherry blossoms there :(
Our friend Brian (Brian #2) gave us a call and we met up for lunch instead. He and his family had seen a nice park on the way to the university. So we bought some mandu (dumplings) and kimbap (california rolls), and off we went! To our surprise, the park was quite busy with little ones and their foldable tables. They were all painting beautiful pictures for an art competition. We walked by the river and Brian's daughter had fun at the park. She is one of the cutest kids I have ever seen. I secretly want to kidnap her and call her my own.
On Saturday we were on the search for cherry blossoms! We walked towards Chungnam university, but alas there were no cherry blossoms there :(
Our friend Brian (Brian #2) gave us a call and we met up for lunch instead. He and his family had seen a nice park on the way to the university. So we bought some mandu (dumplings) and kimbap (california rolls), and off we went! To our surprise, the park was quite busy with little ones and their foldable tables. They were all painting beautiful pictures for an art competition. We walked by the river and Brian's daughter had fun at the park. She is one of the cutest kids I have ever seen. I secretly want to kidnap her and call her my own.
Delectable pastries Art competition at the park Brian #2's daughter Shae
On Sunday Brian felt really sick so he stayed home while I went to the Strawberry festival in Nunsan town! Little did I know, I had locked Brian in our apartment (from the outside), so we was unable to go to the doctor's office, as planned, and was stuck inside our place for 7 hours... I felt horrible!
On a happier note, I had a blast at the strawberry festival! I sat beside a nice girl on the bus who spoke English! She even worked at the Vancouver Olympics, in hospitality, for 8 months-- pretty cool stuff.
Then, I hooked up with a German foreigner (a student in Korea), and
On a happier note, I had a blast at the strawberry festival! I sat beside a nice girl on the bus who spoke English! She even worked at the Vancouver Olympics, in hospitality, for 8 months-- pretty cool stuff.
Then, I hooked up with a German foreigner (a student in Korea), and
his Korean friend. They kindly let me tag along with them all day! We picked strawberries, visited the booths on the festival grounds, and snacked on strawberries! I even got to try on a hanbok-like dress shaped like a strawberry!!! It was awesome. (A hanbok is traditional Korean clothing). It was really warm during the day but it got cold quickly. At first I wished I hadn't brought my sweater; but by the end of the day I was glad I had it!
At the festival people sold popcorn, cotton candy, toys, strawberries, soap, liquor, strawberry jam, another other products.
At the festival people sold popcorn, cotton candy, toys, strawberries, soap, liquor, strawberry jam, another other products.
All in all, it was a great day! I really wished Brian could have been there too. I really think he would have liked the sword-fighting anime reenactment on the strawberry stage.
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