Around town

Mr. Nick and I did some city exploring around the city, and around our neighborhood.

Friday after work, two students invited Nick and I to pizza hut!!! Iris works for Pizza Hut and gets 50% off coupons every month...so naturally, we had a pizza party. Checkout the delicious cheesy crust in Korea



My favorite part of the hut was the salad bar stocked with plenty of strange fruits, coconut milk, and other things you wouldn't find at your standard pizza hut (accompanied by two other things you wouldn't find at an American Pizza Hut: service and non-creepy lighting)



We finally managed to meet a few friends to go out and socialize! Finally! Den (or so he is called in English) helped us to find all the places we needed to see but would have never found ourselves. Here are some pictures from that night.



Nick and I did some exploring around Taejon.

Hiking through the largest park in town




My favorite was the picture I took of ice in the stream...each crystal grain is about a millimeter in length




Hitting golf balls on top of "Home World"!!! It was excellent! They even serve you tea while you wack as many balls as possible in the alotted time (~$5 for 30 minutes).



We ended the day exploring the Chungnam University and having the best dinner/dessert/coffee combo since our arrival. We ate Sum Gyup Sa (Korean BBQ basically, with all sorts of side dishes), waffle/ice cream/whip cream uber creation at a nearby waffle dessert place, and finally...FINALLY....FINALLY.....


A coffee joint with character!

And jazz on the speakers!

And delicious beans!

And dark corners!

And did i mention character!

Nick and I worked on math here for several hours.



Things here are going pretty well I would say. Nick and I have found a routine, and we are tackling the challenges of teaching in the best ways we know how. As for myself, I have time for my reading, my running, my math, and my thoughts. Mom says I'm here to sow peace, so I do my best to focus on that.

-David