Well, today, we went to visit as many tourist spots as we could. Finally, my darling has recovered from his fever. The injection taken the day before was really a miracle injection.
The first station was Jongmyo Shrine due to its closest to Kara Motel, just a walking distance that take about 15 minutes. According to my plan, we supposed to visit this place on Sunday but due to unforeseen circumstances, the plan has to be postponed. One bad thing was Jongmyo Shrine closed on every Tuesday. Therefore, I could only take a picture of its main door instead of visiting the internal premise.
Pictures at Jongmyo Shrine:
There are many retirees enjoying their pastime at the park.
Then , we went to Changdeokgung, which was also walking distance from the shrine. Only on Thursday, visitor is allowed to walk around by oneself (more expensive than guided tour). Other than that, we have to choose on guided tour into the palace.
On our way to Changdeokgung ....
Korean traditional apparels:
Hanbok, female traditional apparel.
They have this at the main door to keep them from any bad thing:
At Changdeokgung main gate:
The plan of the palace:
Cute drawing on the toilet doors:
The entrance ticket:
The main hall, where the king would sit when meeting his officers:
Officers standing position according to rank:
The lowest rank:
A big hall where the officers assembled when met with the King:
The King's throne:
A passage connected from the King's room to the Queen's room:
Guardians of the Hall:
Heating system to heat the floor during the cold days:
In the Secret Garden at the backyard of the palace:
The old trees need something to hold on:
Library at my back:
The oldest tree in the palace, aged 750 years:
A monkey face alike at the branch:
Gyeongbokgung is closed on Tuesday. So we could only take some pictures from the outdoor:
At the main door of Gyeongbokgung:
Pagoda in the palace:
Colourful Gwanghwamun:
Well-decorated with vibrant colors of flowers:
A leafy giant?
Poisonous delicacy, pufferfish/ globefish
The honorable man at Gwanghwamun:
Another main attraction of the day was Building 63. We spent the rest of our day in here.
See who's at my back.. a photo with "JACK".
Here's the brainy, Mr Einstein.
Meet my new friend.. the giant octopus.
The dolphin.
The king Penguins.
Cutie penguin. Beware it will 'tok' you.
Cutie penguin kissing the fair lady.
This reminded me of Happy feet.. cute.
Sea turtle swimming leisurely.
A dinosaur fish, given by South Africa to Korea as a gift.
Piranha.. they are carnivorous!
The seal.
Spider crabs... look at their long legs.
Breathing in the water. Fish swimming across my face.
Ugly sea creature... 
Giant octopus in real! The mouth is constantly breathing.
Sea horses.
Lazy lizard is sleeping with tongue out.
Electric eel, if you go near it, you will get electrified!
Dinner of the day: Bibimbap, basically a mixture of all vegetables and egg in a big bowl.
Skyline of Seoul, view from the 60th floor of Building 63.
On the 60th floor, there's also a gallery which prohibited from shooting pictures but we managed to have some pictures taken at the corner of the gallery.
When strolling at Hangang park, on our way back to subway station. Beautiful bridge across Hangang bridge in Seoul. Many of the local enjoy cycling, dating, picnic and admiring the beauty of Seoul River (Hangang).
The air was fresh and pleasant to walk but we have walked extra miles due to we have missed the subway entrance a distance away. Therefore, we took a U-turn back to the path we both sore legs. Somebody was complaining all the while for so much walking :P ......Today total spending:
Changdeokgung entrance ticket ------------KRW 6 000
Drinks -------------------------------------KRW 2 000
Lunch -------------------------------------KRW 6 000
63 SkyDeck + 63 Seaworld + 4D movie ----KRW46 000
Dinner ------------------------------------KRW 12 300
Drinks ------------------------------------KRW 5 300
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