Soccer in Daegu!

Today I'm going to the World Cup Stadium here in Daegu with a couple of Scotsmen to watch a football (that's soccer for my fellow Americans out there) match. I don't understand soccer, but Nev's brother Ian has promised to explain it to me in detail. Considering his accent is rather thick, I can only wonder how many of the details will in fact seep in. Even if I'm thoroughly confused, I'm sure I'll have a good time just being out of the house and not at work on a weekday.
Why am I not at work? It's Children's Day! Yay for children! I get a day off work!
Tomorrow I'm meeting with the only travel agent in Daegu who speaks English so I can get the train/ferry/submarine/private jet/space ship tickets for my trip to Kyoto at the end of the month. I'm still really nervous about it because the ryokan I was going to book doesn't have any rooms available. Hopefully another ryokan will. Otherwise I suppose I could just seduce a monk and sleep at the temple. Or not.
Alright, I think that's all the updating that need be done at this juncture.
Goal!
-M
Update: The soccer match was between Daegu and a much smaller team. It was a really great game, and even Nev who has seen way too many soccer matches seemed to think it was exceptionally fun. I was particularly amused that at the game instead of having nachos and corn dogs to eat they had huge bowls of ramen and a dispenser with hot water. Ha! gotta love the Koreans (= Also, the tickets were quite cheap and I got a special discount for wearing a blue shirt (daegu's home color).