Question: What takes two adults, two smart phones, one phone app, one laptop, google translator, and 1.5 hrs to accomplish?
Answer: Ordering Korean delivery food from a place 10 minutes walking distance from our house.
Question: What items should not be on a pizza?
Answer: Quesadillas (all flavors), sweet potato, mayo, “Deutsche” sausage, and potatoes and/or french fries.
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view from our soon-to-be master bedroom
Before I launch into my Korean apartment drama story — and it seems like everyone we meet has some story involving their apartment — a bit of background: the housing market in Daegu skyrocketed at some point last year. Most expats that live out here were given a housing budget that was more than enough to allow them to live very comfortably in the nicest/most desirable apartments/neighborhoods in the city. After the housing boom a lot of landlords sold their places and/or raised rents considerably, kicking out many of the expats that previously occupied their apts. This, combined with it being off-season — summer being the time of year when there’s a lot of turnover — has made housing nearly impossible to find.
This year, instead of flowers or chocolates (not that that is any year, really) we gave ourselves this:
Two first class tickets on the KTX to Seoul!
First class tickets were not that much more ($15 or so) than coach class, and not drastically different in terms of amenities — just bigger seats and more leg room. But we figured since it was Valentine’s Day, why not live a little.
