Day eight was all about being a tourist and it was my best day here. Ed was off to Gimpo again - to see various relatives - and Jae had gone with him. I think I must have mentioned, somewhere in here, that we are in Korea because they have become engaged and now they must indulge in some kind of of weird Korean family dance. Anyway, Ed was going to stay out in Gimpo overnight and Jae would return later to our apartment on the wrong side of town.
In their absence POSSLQ and I went to Naemdun Market and to the up-scale one. She totally dug the old market and the following pictures are of various things in the market. With POSSLQ there was more time to take pictures, as she was as interested in the market at I was.
Here are various photos from the market
and a shameful admission of inadequacy from a papier-mache bear:
We then headed to the bookstore (POSSLQ's Korean xmas gift was a gift certificate) where we purchased books about Korea and then up to Gyeongbkukgong which was thoroughly cool. So cool we will go back tomorrow (maybe, for a reason which will be explained later).
Here are some quick photos from the palace:
Great Kings Ooga and Booga
Their "associate" Mr. Wooga
A lovely diorama of the Great Han Army marching relentlessly on the Cabbage Fields of Cholla-Do
Some bird..
We came back to our hotel and, because we are complete idiots, had 30,000 Won worth of one drink each (I swear, the best Gin and Tonic I've Ever Had!)
That night the Prince of Lies called us with his latest whopper.
He had left Gimpo after telling his relatives that we were in trouble in Seoul and he needed to save us. I haven't heard the specifics yet, but it is good to know that if I come back for his wedding his family will consider me not only a stinking foreigner, but an incompetent stinking foreigner.
We hung out, read our books, watched a bit of TV and slept.
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