Matthew's Birthday at Daegu Tower

In addition to being White Day, Friday night was Matthew's birthday, and he decided to spend it at Daegu Tower. We were a little late because we both had teacher dinners. Mine was at this really delicious buffet place that had all kinds of stuff to choose from. Gianni and I got a cab to the tower, which really isn't that far from our house. Only problem is that the cab dropped us off at the entrance to E-World, and we didn't know any better to ask him to drive up the hill to the tower. It was a bit of a walk--and a bit steep at times--but we got to the top of the hill with the tower on it. The tower is basically two buildings. One of the buildings has an ice rink and food area with a garden/courtyard looking thing on its roof. If you go to the roof, you can walk over to the base of the tower. We bought tickets at the coffee shop down there and headed up in a really fast but far elevator ride. My ears popped on the way up. Apparently, Daegu Tower is actually taller than Namsan Tower in Seoul. It's the tallest observation tower in Korea. At the top of the elevator is a round room that you can walk around to see panoramic views of the city. We could see the area of Daegu where we live, but the best part was being able to see the lighted archway at the top of Apsan, and part of the path leading up to it, where we did our night hike. It was like coming full circle. There's also a bungee jump off the tower that crazy people can do. It was the evening when we went up there, so I didn't actually see anyone jump off, but it looked way too scary. I think the tower is over 200 meters tall. There are also the big binocular pole things that let you look out at the view, but apartment buildings and other buildings are so close to the tower, that you can actually almost see into someone's apartment. It's a little creepy. Glad I'm not living right there. After spending some time checking out the views, we headed down. We checked out the garden area a bit more. There was a massive chess board and pieces. As we were walking away, "All I Want for Christmas is You" started playing over the loud speakers, and the garden lights began performing a timed light show to the song. It was cute, but can someone please remind Korea how long ago Chrismas was? They still have lights and decorations up for Christmas here. Strange. On the way down, we walked through a lighted tunnel and saw some other cool light displays. It was a great night, but I really want to go back to the tower during the day when the weather gets warmer. Daegu Tower is actually located within E-World, and I definitely want to go to there. It's Daegu's little amusement park.