On Jessica's first day in Korea, I took her to see some of old Korean and new. We first went to Gyeongbokgung. It is one of the largest palaces in Korea that was not fully destroyed by the Japanese during there occupation. I had gone to the palace during the winter time, so it was good to go again during the summer when it is greener. The palace is so large as well, so I was able to see some new things that I didn't see before. The only thing is, it was very hot and humid so the was not very fun walking around with.
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| Jessica in front of the palace |
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| Hyangwonjwong Pavilion |
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| Jess and I! |
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| Korean love there umbrellas rain and shine! |
After we were finished at the palace, we walked to the Cheonggyecheon. It is a stream in the downtown area of Seoul. It is also about a half of a mile away from the palace, so were were able to just walk there. I had gone here once before during the Seoul Lantern Festival. The stream is 5.2 miles long, so we definitely did not walk along the whole thing. In 2003, the stream went under a massive restoration that cost $900 million. It was fun going there. We were able to dip our feet into the stream and cool off a bit. We also met a few friends who were going around preaching the gospel to foreigners.
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| Cooling off! |
We then walked to Insadong, a neighborhood near the stream. Insadong is well known as a traditional street to both locals and foreigners. While in Insadong, we went to Jogyesa, one of the most significant Korean Buddhist temples. We also went to the Beautiful Tea Museum, which was a cafe, as well a history of how Korean's have used flowers in there tea. It was a bit interesting. I kind of having been wanting to go there for a while, just because I like tea. And it was interesting learning about it.
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| Jogyesa |
This was only the first day, we still have many days to come.
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