Daegu City continues its river revitalization project converting neglected riverside space into city parkland. The riverbanks previously used as vegetable plots along the highway have been converted into a citywide biking trail along the Geumhogang. The next phase involves taking over large open spaces by the river and converting them to recreational space.A newly opened island park by the paldal bridge provides a refreshing new open space in the heart of the cit...

Since I started biking the Geuhmogang River I noticed a very large temple complex climbing a mountain on the north side of the river, just east of the paldal bridge. I wasnt sure how exactly to get there and I was waiting for some free time and nice weather to go there and explore.This sunday we had maybe the last weekend of warm weather so I decided to go exploring. The bike trail is on the south side of the river but I went along the north side to try to find t...

Friday was school sports day so all classes were cancelled. I'm used to school sports day being very colourful at my old school so was curious to see how this school does it. It didnt seem as colourful with as much variety of games as the old school but was a fun break from classes for everyoneAfter a late lunch we went into the auditorium for the afternoons music performance. There were different musical and K-Pop acts. The talent level actually seemed to be hig...

Last Friday was the Muslim celebration of Eid. Normally I'm not able to attend Eid Prayers during school days but since it was school sports day with no classes I was able to take time off to attend.The Daegu Mosque is in Jukjeon-dong beside Jukjeon Middle School. When Eid falls on weekends they were able to use the schools gymnasium for prayers, but as it was a schoolday they had to use the smaller mosque.I was able to get there early as I expected it to be crow...

Last week Daegu Health College hosted a foreigners welcome party. This was a bit confusing at first as no clear instructions were provided as to where exactly on campus this was taking place. They said to 'call someone' on one of three numbers when we got on campus and somebody would find us and take us to the place. This sounded quite suspicious like it was taking place in a dorm room and wasnt university sanctioned.I live a 15 min bike ride away so it was quite...