Buying Shoes

I guess I should consider myself lucky. At a U.S 9.5 size (Korean 270-275) I am usually able to buy shoes that fit me here, though not always. This month I have had to get two new pairs, a nice pair of runners and dress shoes. Now the runners I got in Goyang and there was no problem (even liked the style). But that is up near Seoul. In Daegu I was able to find a total of six pairs of shoes that actually fit me, two of which were actually decent looking. This was after looking at a couple of places. They were located bottom right of the rack where the biggest of the big shoes are put away.

I can only imagine what it is like for people with a size 11 to get shoes here. I know westerners have a hell of a time. The thing is that I do see large Koreans (over 6 feet) and I assume that they need bigger than 9.5. Maybe not?

Anyway, I have them with no real hassle. Just never thought of myself as having large feet before I moved to Korea.