Max's Visit - Tuesday and Wednesday

Tuesday was a rather low-key evening. We had planned to have a Korean dish called jajangmyeon which I was not familiar with. However, a torrential downpour discouraged us from walking to the restaurant so instead we hopped across the street for pork BBQ. Delicious. Then we enjoyed a few Caucasians while watching a certain film (if you can't figure it out, you suck).

On Wednesday, Max, Jacob and I headed out to Expo, possibly Daejeon's premier attraction. There's a Seattle Center-type amusement park there, but being Wednesday, it was dead as a doornail. Instead, we decided to head to the National Science Museum. Greeting us was another set of Zodiac figures, though these were quite a bit different than the ones we saw at the Folk Museum. It gave me another chance to lament being born in the Year of the Pig, too.

Moving on, we walked to a collection of Korean War era military vehicles, including an F-86. Well, we assume they were Korean War era. There's really no way to know, as the whole museum was basically devoid of any English. That didn't prevent us from enjoying ourselves, though. There was a large fish tank, interesting exhibits on different types of power plants, interactive science things, old Korean artifacts, and a sweet cannon. Being a Wednesday afternoon, there were few children there, but those that were present were more interested in seeing three white guys than seeing exhibits. Max was introduced to the typical greetings we encounter every day: "Hello! Where are you prom?" (Korean has no "f.") In fact, as we left, we walked by a high school class that was watching a gentleman in a lab coat demonstrate a remote control airplane. All eyes left the lecture and turned to us.

We then walked through a park that had a series of statues. Again, due to the lack of English I don't know what these statues were. But I did see a large bell that encouraged visitors to ring it. Being males, we of course had to take turns making a racket.

(Science Museum Pictures)

At this point, Max departed for the art museum (which was inexplicably closed) and I went to work. We reconvened later for dinner, where we finally sampled the jajangmyeon. P.S., it sucked. Then, we went back to Timeworld to visit Ethnic, a really cool bar with cocktails, a chill candlelit atmosphere, and, occasionally, early-90's R&B. Lon and Lisa again made the wise choice and went home. Max and I left to go play a few more rounds at the shooting gallery and enjoy a delicious spicy chicken stick from our favorite street vendor. Sadly, right as I was finishing my street food, I received a frantic phone call indicating my darts skills were in urgent demand.

This is how we got roped into another late night at Sponge.