This friday I had no classes and was told I didnt have to come in, so used the time to visit some free museums that are closed on weekends, so this was one of the rare chances to visit. The first one, Kyunpook National University Museum, has a somewhat misleading name.It is named after the province north of daegu, Gyeonbuk. But for some reason the english translation has been recorded as Kyunpook which makes for some confusing pronounciations when trying to expla...

Every month in Seoul there is a dinner and bellydance show at an arab restaurant Petra in Itaewon. I only found out this summer when I also learnt there was an Arab Festival taking place in Seoul over the June Holiday weekend. I had to miss it as I had already planned to be at the Busan Haeundae beach sand festival and Geoje Island on the sunday.Luckily the bellydance dinner is held once a month and this month co-incided with my three day weekend in Seoul so I wa...

As there was still rain and the tail end of the monsoon for most of Saturday decided to switch the island of Ganghwa which would all be all outdoors for Incheon which is more urban so I can hide indoors. Most people know Incheon as the site of Koreas International Airport and thats their only reason for going, and the only part of Incheon they ever see. However, Incheon is an interesting day trip out of Seoul.Technically Incheon is Gyeonggi-do Province, the same ...

Thursday was the last day of term and students went home at lunch, so I was told I could sneak out too and not come friday although I'm supposed to. I had planned the three day break to goto Seoul during the summer to do some more exploring. However, everytime I goto seoul a massive rain storm seems to hit.When I first went in Chuseok Sept/10 there was a record rainfall flooding the streets several inches. The next time in May there was a heavy downpour all day s...

This weekend tried to something low budget in town to save money before the big overseas August trips. A friend and me went on a walking tour downtown, to some places I had already been but he hadnt, and other places I wanted to go. Luckily with summer weather there are no out of town festivals so we have time to explore locally.First we walked to the end of Herbal Medicine Street to the Daegu Cathedral. I had seen it before from the outside but not inside. The a...