The Daegu Pet Expo and Electronics Mart

Today we went to the Exco for the Daegu pet expo. The Exco is a huge exhibition space, and the third floor was crammed with dogs of all sizes, many with dyed hair and clothing. People in Daegu like to dress their dogs up. This is partially practical, as it's very cold here. It's also stylish, and there are a wide variety of pet costumes for sale, well, everywhere. We had thought that no one in Daegu has large dogs, but we were proven wrong at the pet expo. I guess our fellow dog owners live in houses and villas too (one thing the realtor kept stressing was that people with big dogs can't live in the ubiquitous “modern” high rise apartments). We watched some of a dog show, and the Korean Jindo dog took the prize. One of my library assistants already told us about Jindo dogs, so we were rooting for him. There were reptiles and exotic species of all kinds, and Bobby got to hold a snake.

We then went to the electronics mart. While we didn't achieve our goal of finding a new power supply for Bobby's xbox, it was still worth looking at. It was like a gigantic indoor market, with several different retailers of electronics in one space. Korea is the home of Samsung and LG, and there were contraptions beyond a techno-lover's wildest dream. There was an IKEA like section on the second level with Korean beds, which are lovely wooden carved contraptions with heating pads. I drooled over all the intricately patterned china, and would like to return when it is time to furnish our new villa.

Tomorrow we move to our second temporary home. Though the Inter-burgo is a nice five star establishment, I am looking forward to not living across town from my workplace.


The Jindo is the one on the left.













The electronics mart. I don't think the picture quite captures how incredible it was.