So a few weeks ago we went to Seoul with a Korean family that Becca met at dance class.
It was fun, although there were some misadventures with finding them and getting to the right bus/train/subway station etc, but once those were cleared up, we had a pretty good time.
We met up with some extended family of the girls that do dance with Becca (an aunt and a tiny and incredibly cute little cousin), and drove downtown Seoul to go to the National Palace Museum, which is conveniently located right next to ... you guessed it... a palace! YAY!!!!!
By the way, these pictures aren't in chronological order, just "the way I choose to tell the story" order. Deal with it.
Anyway, inside the museum there were all sorts of artifacts and paintings and stuff from the various dynasties of Korea. No, they didn't have different versions of the 1970s soap opera. I mean like "series of kings spanning decades and centuries" type dynasties. We got our pictures taken with the kids and family in front of some murals of various palaces and royal ceremonies.
Observe:
After the museum tour, we drove to meet the uncle responsible for the cute baby cousin. However, on the way, we decided to stop for more pictures in front of some incredible light displays outside of a department store downtown.
After meeting up with the uncle in question, we also go to meet another aunt and a grandmother of the family. The uncle lived for a long time in the US, and actually works for the USDA in Seoul. He speaks a ridiculous number of languages, too. Anyway, for dinner we went to TGI Friday's, which was awesome, cause we haven't had that much in the way of western food (I had a pizzadilla!!). Here's a shot of Becca and the mom of the kids that take dance:
And another with the uncle, aunt and aforementioned cute little cousin:
Anyway, that pretty much brings us to the end of the day. It was a great time and we really enjoyed ourselves.
It was a while ago, and stuff's happened since, so there'll hopefully be another post coming shortly with more pictures of a different trip to Seoul, among other things!
Bye!