Deoksugung Palace

A few weekends ago Sonya and I managed to do something productive on a Saturday afternoon that was not shopping. We went to Deoksugong Palace in Seoul which is by City Hall Station. We actually thought we were going to Gyeongbokgung Palace, which is the biggest in the city, but ended up at Deoksugong instead. Oh well! The pictures look nice because the foliage was really colorful. Unfortunately now most of the trees are starting to get bare. It's already freezing cold here and it's only November. Plus, someone stole my winter coat last night, so now when i go out I have to wear like 2 sweaters and my fake leather jacket, and I'm still cold. I want to say I wish it was summer, but when I got to Korea in August it was about 100 degrees every day with 100% humidity and there were thunderstorms all day long, so.... I just wish it was warm!

King Sejong, of course. He is the number one national hero of Korea. He hired scholars to create a Korean alphabet. Before, Koreans would write the Korean language with Chinese characters.

Big advertisements on buildings. One is for the G2o Summit, and I don't know what Olympic gold medal figure skater Kim Yuna, who is like the number 2 hero of Korea, is selling, because her face is on everything.

A very old throne.

These guards were marching and playing little horns and drums.