Now learn that typhoon #8 airport still opeartes

No delay too!

Breakfast - seafood tofu pot

Make a wish

Mask for men

The AF like store in Seoul

Starbucks like store in Seoul

Coex Aquarium

They have mask for every body part!

FF @ Seoul

Cold noodles for lunch

Our room @ Dalkom Guesthouse

Dongdaemun - the old eastern gate of the city

Street food @ Dongdaemun

Looks yummy

Food stall @ Dongdaemun

Rice cake + octopus

Doota

Quick snack during our late night shopping

So cute!

Wish I could have one

Korean love their idol so much, sock with their idol on it!

Dalkom Guesthouse

BBQ FF?

Beef stew for breakfast

Gyeongbokgung Palace

Drum @ Gyeongbokgung Palace

The first gate - Gwanghwamun Gate

Guards @ Gyeongbokgung Palace

They are REALLY tall!

Changing of guards

Seoul*s grandest Joseon Dynasty-era palace

The second gate - Heungnyemun gate

The third gate - Geunjeongmun

Side exit

The main hall of Gyeongbokgung palace

Me @ Geunjeongjeon

Me & Jen

Inside of Geunjeongjeon Hall

The throne hall where the king formally granted audiences to his officials etc

Colorful roof

Sajeongjeon

Colorful corridor

Free Korean custom rental, limited quota every day

Sujeongjeon

Constructed in 1867 and used by the cabinet of the Joseon Dynasty.

Gyeonghoeru aka Royal Banquet Hall

Constructed in 1867 on an island of an artificial, rectangular lake that is 128 m wide and 113 m across

Jen & Me

The main and largest palace of the Five Grand Palaces built by the Joseon Dynasty

Entrance of Taewonjeon

Look at their lens!

I guess hiring a model for photo shooting is popular in Korea too

Korean style window

Tiny door

FF sitting on the roof

Love the vibrant color

Door lock

An ancestral shrine originally built in 1868 to house a portrait of King Taejo

Different type of door lock

Jagyeongjeon

Hwangwonjeong

A small, two-story hexagonal pavilion built around 1873 by the order of King Gojong

The trunk of this tree is halved

A bridge named Chwihyanggyo connects it to the palace grounds

Leafs turning brown

The pavilion was constructed on an artificial island of a lake named Hyangwonji

Jibokjae

Geoncheonggung Residence

A private royal residence built by King Gojong within the palace grounds in 1873

Demolished completely by the Japanese government in 1909

Lock

the residence was accurately reconstructed to its former design and open to the public in 2007

Geoncheonggung Residence

Portable hanger

This tree is almost falling

12 zodiac

National Folk Museum of Korea

Established on 8 November 1945 by the U.S. Government

Opened on 25 April 1946 at the City Administration Memorial Hall

Replicas of historical objects

Traditional life of the Korean people

Pits for kimchi pots

Traditional home

Kitchen of traditional home

Courtyard

Master bedroom

Tradition home

Grinding mills

Grinding mills

Open-air exhibits

National Folk Museum of Korea

Just like the train in SF

Barber shop

Restaurant

Just like 50 years ago

Just like 50 years ago

Bookstore

WC used to be outside the store

Classroom

Classroom

Photo studio

Some mascot

Stone piles for worship

Spirit posts where villagers used to pray

Famous place for ginsent chicken broil

Ginseng chicken broil

The ginseng is as long as the drumstick

Me giving the ginseng a try

Kimchi

Long line all the time!

Snail or poison snake mask, which one you prefer?

Myeongdong

Korean street snack

The most tourist-friendly fashion area

Rows of stores are available

Korean BBQ

Yummy

Though the portion was rather small

24 hours shopping @ Dongdaemun

This mall seem to be wholesale only

Even so still have very nice interior design

Very hidden special restaurant

Need to wait in line

Seafood cheese rice cake

Use the leftover sause to make fried rice

Small so usually have to wait

Temperature controlled lettuce

Yellow fish

Our groceries shopping

Way to sell suit

Goodbye Seoul

Surprised to see Jamba Juce at the airport!

No berry fulfilling, got a mango mantra

Hello Kitty plane, need to try one of thesedays

3 hours flight to HK

West entrance of Gyeongbok-gung

Inside of Gangnyeongjeon Hall

View from Gangnyeongjeon Hall

Gyeonghoeru aka Royal Banquet Hall

Hwangwonjeong

Jibokjae aka Private Royal Library