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| Itaewon. I believe that is Seoul tower on the hill. Typical large city street in Korea. |
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| Justin, and off in the distance, Itaewon. |
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| A pint of Guinness at "The Wolfhound" a popular foreigner bar in Itaewon. Believe it or not I had a better pint of Guinness in Gwangju the other weekend. It was more fresh down there for some reason. |
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| Samgyupsal. The Korean equivalent of bacon, but this piece was about a half inch thick and an inch or more wide. |
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| An entrance to Gyeongbokgung palace from the Museum of Royal History. |
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| The main entrance to Gyeongbokgung palace. Notice that it is in the middle of Seoul. |
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| The other side of the main first courtyard of Gyeongbokgung palace. |
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| Same entrance, better view. |
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| Same entrance, better view again. |
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| Main entrance, better view. |
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| Same entrance as the other couple above, best view. |
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| Me being a creeper and taking a picture of a family dressed in the "Hanbok." |
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| The first of the palace buildings. Notice the waist high stones delineating the various areas that lords ruled over. |
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| First building, closer view. |
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| First building, tourists trying to take pictures and see inside. |
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| Inside the first building. |
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| Inside first building better view. |
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| Inside first building, third view. |
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| Angbuilgu - hemispheric sundial from 1434 |
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| Created during the reign of King Sejeon. |
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| More info about the hemispheric sundial. |
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| Second building of the palace. |
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| A pavilion that was surrounded by water. |
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| Some tourists checking out the view, and some great mountains in the background. |
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| The pavilion itself was pretty much empty on the bottom level. |
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| A small boat that was in the middle of the pool of water. |
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| Trees on an island in the middle of the pool. |
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| The extent of the pool. |
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| I could be wrong, but I believe that is Sejeons library. |
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| Couple wearing the Hanbok. |
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| The pavilion from the other side of the pool. |
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| Tourists who bought the Hanbok at the gift shop. |
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| Same tourists. |
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| Mountain visible from the palace grounds. |
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| Better view. |
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| Craft center for kids. |
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| More crafts. |
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| The tallest building, we weren't allowed to approach. |
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| Most of the buildings had been burnt down by the Japanese during their occupation. |
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| They had to be rebuilt, and are now considered national treasures. |
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| Kids trying to play a traditional Korean game. |
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| It was the equivalent of hacky-sack. |
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| It was a little piece of metal with paper feathers wrapped around it. |
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| The Korean equivalent of a streetcar from the early 1900's |
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| The best view of the tallest building in the palace. |
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| A Korean SWAT vehicle outside of the US embassy. Pretty much the best Zombie Apocalypse vehicle I have seen. |
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| A crowd of people crossing the street in both directions in between the Dong Seoul bus station and subway station. |
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| Hanguk Koyangi!!! (Korean cat) |
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| My schedule for the week. White classes are middle school, Grey classes are high school, Dark grey are after school English camps made up of middle school kids. |
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| Galbi. Notice the scissors and tongs. Also notice the thirty side dishes that come with every Korean meal. |
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| The giant red crosses that symbolize a church. |
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| A picture of some high school girls. |
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| A "music park" kind of like karaoke. |
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| A picture on the bathroom wall at a bar close to my place. The place isn't cat themed at all. |
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| A giant spider. Probably the size of my thumb. |
Sorry this was so long. I'll post the video of my apt. in the next one.
