A Daegu and Gumi Weekend

Last weekend I took at 3 hour bus ride to Daegu. The bus was three across, leather-type seats, and very comfortable. It's really a shame that the US doesn't have more comfortable buses like in other countries! I went with two of the other bibimbaps (the nickname was given to us by the orientation leaders! it's the famous food here), Jenny and April. We met up with Akta, Susan, and Emily!

After a failed attempt at eating at the Holy Grail, the best western food place in town, (it was 9pm and the place had an hour and 15 min wait!), we ended up at a pasta place where you chose your own pasta, then sauce, then toppings. The house wine was definitely a let down. Luckily, we ended up at a bar afterwards for some more bonding time.

Our trip to Gumi the next morning was a half hour train ride. We met up with some orientation leaders and they led us to the orphanage where we helped prepare a party hosted by our past orientation's leader, Aimee. She has a non-profit organization called Dream in Korean that puts on functions for this orphanage. It was fantastic to see other ETAs and past OCs. In addition, the kids were amazing.

We helped make western style meals (spaghetti, waffles, etc), face painting, noraebang (karaoke), and play, play, play.