Daegu - Day 8
September 29, 2005

나는Taco Bell을 원한다
(Korean Translation)

Today was a great day!  Starrlite took me to a local Army base and we ate at Taco Bell!  Mmmmm...I thought I could go a month or so without having some American bad fast food, but I didn't even last a week till I was jonesing for the crack.  We also shopped on base for some basic necessities I wanted that aren't readily available in Daegu.  I got a coffee maker, bean grinder, a comforter/sheet/pillow case set, Britta water filter (even most Koreans don't drink the tap water), and a shower curtain/rod.  Yeah for dry bathroom floors finally!

After work I met her mom and step dad and we went to a local restaurant that specializes in a spicy chicken/vegetable dish.  It was really really good and spicy.  I also tried Soju for the first time.  It tastes kinda like sweet rubbing alcohol, but grows on ya quickly. 

What I learned today about Korea:  1)  Soju is the most popular liquor drink.  2)  Korean High School kids from sophomore till senior year, go to class from 7:00am till 11:00pm.  Some even go to other institutes of learning till 2:00am.  3)  What the damn controls on my Korean washing machine do.