In downtown Daegu Jungangno has a new crossing at the intersection of the Donseongno pedestrianized zone.Replacing the underground shopping passageway there is a new set of lights to cross at street level.Previously the only way to cross was by going down the stairs into the underground shopping passage and back up the stairs on the other side. Now you have the added choice of waiting for the lights and simply walking acrossHopefully this will bring more traffic ...

As a wrap up to my Uzbekistan blog a friend and me went to the local Uzbek restaurant in Daegu this week. She had no idea there was an Uzbek restaurant here so wanted to try the food after seeing the pics from my trip.This is a family run restaurant with three locations. The brother runs the location in Seoul, this location is run by the sister. There is another location in Busan run by another family member.I've gone to all of them many times in the three years ...

One of the biggest problems of living in a foreign country is navigating local foods and finding foods from home. Fortunately in Daegu and other parts of Korea we have a vital lifeline in Homeplus supermarkets which provide a vast variety of UK and other western foods to supplement a Korean diet.Homeplus is a partnership with the UK Tesco supermarket chain and Samsung. To the novice it may seem like any other Korean grocery store until you enter the biscuit or co...

I've received a couple of concerned emails from friends and family worried about the situation in North Korea. Everything here is normal, nobody is bothered, and its life as normal.You may think all the military maneuvers are a sign of concern and worry. They may be but nobody here seriously thinks anything is going to happen.To most Koreans this is normal and they have been seeing things like this for the last 60 years. North Korea has a new young leader who has...

About a week ago we went for an english department teachers dinner. These stop being exciting having gone to so many but I was quite surprised by how the evening turned out. We discovered a charming homestyle noodle restaurant in northern Chilgok with friendly owners and many types of unique teas.The restaurant is located in Guam-dong in the side streets close to Guam Elementary school. I've biked around here many times and its easy to miss this sidestreet and re...