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Gam Wine Tunnel

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:55:47 +0000

I love wine. I mean really, who doesn’t? So, when I discovered that there was a winery in Korea – on the outskirts of Daegu – that produced a speciality wine from persimmon fruit, I had to try it. My expectations were low though, as I’ve toured some of the best wineries in the world […]

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Getting Naked in Daegu: My First Jjimjilbang Experience

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 23:06:26 +0000

My life philosophy is collect experiences, not stuff. Yet with just one month left on my English teaching contract in Daegu South Korea, I still hadn’t ventured to a jjimjilbang. A jjimjilbang has various places for you to indulge in hot tubs and saunas. Sounds great right? Except in Korea you are expected to enjoy them naked. […]

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5 Best Coffee Shops in Daegu

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 21:04:23 +0000

There certainly isn’t a shortage of coffee shops in Daegu. I recently counted 47 different establishments where I could grab a morning latte in the 15-minute walk between the front of my apartment building and the doorstep of my workplace. Forty-seven! Admittedly, some of these are hardly salubrious such as 7-Eleven and the run-down looking […]

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Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:29:51 +0000

I’ve been waiting for this week for 14 months. The precise magical moment in Spring when Korea’s cherry trees blossom. I had read about Korea’s abundance of cherry blossoms and the accompanying festivals shortly after I decided to move here in February 2015. For a decade, I had longed to see them in Japan, but was […]

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10 Best Brunch Spots in Daegu

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:59:23 +0000

Brunch. That one word conjures up a myriad of emotions and images. Lazy Sundays. Endless cups of coffee. Long chats with friends. Scrambled eggs. Crispy bacon. Freshly baked bread. A leisurely weekend brunch is one of my guilty pleasures. So for the past nine months, I’ve been seeking out all the establishments in Daegu that […]

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