Chris and Miriam got up early and went to the Imperial Palace. I had already seen it on my last trip and the other kids were sleeping in. The palace grounds are huge and include temples and residences. One of my favorite parts was the old residence, which had heated floors. They had an elaborate system of fires and pipes under the floor that carried heat.
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| Guard at the Imperial Palace |
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| At Imperial Palace |
Around noon, those of us that did not go to the Palace headed out to the Seoul Tower. It's in the middle of this huge park. ON the map, the walk to the tower did not look that long, but it ended up being a pretty long uphill walk. About halfway, we took a shuttle to the top. By the time we reached the tower, it had of course decided to rain again. It was a nice ride up, but our pictures are not so great. Lisa Cuzzone commented that they should charge you based on the distance you could see, not a set fee. At least it wasn't crowded.
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Looking back down part of the path to the tower.
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| Our Korean Lily with Korean Lilies |
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View from almost the top of the path.
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View from the Tower
The Cuzzones were meeting up with some Korean friends, so we decided to have a traditional Korean dinner. The kids had bulgogi (a beef dish that was cooked in front of them), I had a seafood pancake, ( really a flat, pizza size omelet with seafood), and Chris really wanted Bi Bim Bop. Bi Bim Bop is normally served in a very hot stone bowl. It includes a base of rice, vegetables, meat, and a raw egg on top. The bowl is so hot that it cooks the egg while you stir around the other ingredients. Unfortunately, this restaurant served a Bi Bim Bop that was really more like a salad. It was a cold bowl full of sprouts and abalone. It was good, but not what Chris expected. We sat on the floor and ate Korean style, which was killing me by the eend of the meal.
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Our meal Thursday Night.
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