Last Sunday, February 10th we decided to venture out and 
experience some of the local culture in Daegu. Since the city has so many markets in the streets we thought we would try out one of them and of course we figured we may as well start with the biggest and most famous of them all, The Seomun Market. It is actually one of the original three markets in Korea. After taking quite a subway ride across the city and then walking for a bit we found ourselves in front of our destination. Although we really had no idea what to expect as far as what might be available for purchse at the market or what the prices might be like, we were excited for a genuine Korean experience!
Like most shopping in Korea, the selection was just insane... you could buy anything from socks to dogs (and no, we don't know if the dogs were for eating or for pets, I choose not to think about it) to clothes to lunch! We didn't actually buy anything while we were there but we did manage to spend over two hours (in the cold) wandering up and down the alleyways in sheer amazement...
experience some of the local culture in Daegu. Since the city has so many markets in the streets we thought we would try out one of them and of course we figured we may as well start with the biggest and most famous of them all, The Seomun Market. It is actually one of the original three markets in Korea. After taking quite a subway ride across the city and then walking for a bit we found ourselves in front of our destination. Although we really had no idea what to expect as far as what might be available for purchse at the market or what the prices might be like, we were excited for a genuine Korean experience!
Like most shopping in Korea, the selection was just insane... you could buy anything from socks to dogs (and no, we don't know if the dogs were for eating or for pets, I choose not to think about it) to clothes to lunch! We didn't actually buy anything while we were there but we did manage to spend over two hours (in the cold) wandering up and down the alleyways in sheer amazement...This shirt is pretty much the representative "Konglish" shirt you can find at the markets... sometimes the saying make sense, sometimes I think they just write stuff on clothes simply to see English words... I don't really get it but to each his own I guess! Just in case you can't actually read the shirt, it said "N-Mass bread is very common made from flour, water, yeast, a milk. There is more fibre in wholemeal bread than in white bread." Odd I know, its like wearing an advertisement for brown bread...
Jay checking out the merchanise.... this dog says "Green-a-Toto" on it... but it doesn't look very green to me!
So then we came to the area of the market where they had the live animals... it was so weird to see literally like 10 or 20 chickens or rabbits like stacked on top of each other in one small little cage... I also don't know if you were supposed to pick one out when it was alive and then they kill it for you or what but we kind just steered clear of asking any questions! However, this is where I saw the cutest little puppy and I wanted to take him home with us but alas, a little Korean apartment is no home for a puppy... :( So here are some of our pics from the adventure to take a look at.... our first
outing to the market was very intriguing and we will for sure be heading over there again!
Grains for sale
Really don't get the whole Korean obsession with socks that have characters and pics on them!
When I saw this food stall I swore I would never eat intestines.... never say never!
Jay checking out the merchanise.... this dog says "Green-a-Toto" on it... but it doesn't look very green to me!
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