Lunar New Year Activities

February 2-6, 2011 was a holiday for us so we decided to take a trip to Seoul, the capital of South Korea.  We saw a lot of neat things and places -- some on purpose and some by accident!!!  We didn't really have an agenda when we got there, but it turned out to be a really great vacation!!!

Highlights:
The East Gate
Cheonggyecheon (waterway)
Dongdaemun History and Culture Park
(Former President) Johan M. Chang's House
National Museum of Korea and Special Exhibition Gallery (Silk Road)
Traditional houses
Changgyeongung Palace

The East Gate

Cheonggyecheon

(For those of you in the Jasper-area reading this, it's like the River Walk except with A LOT more history.)

Dongdaemun History and Culture Park

(This is also the area where we took the subway to and from our hotel.)

This is one of the places we found by accident.  We were looking for the Community Center and looked up and saw a sign about the Former President's house.  We thought, "What the heck" and checked it out.  We were the only ones there and the "guide" spoke very little English, but we got some cool pictures out of it!

 (Former President) Johan M. Chang's House

 National Museum of Korea and Special Exhibition Gallery (Silk Road)

 Performances for the New Year

Lots of kids were wearing traditional clothing all weekend.

 Found some traditional housing

 Changgyeonggung Palace

There are a TON of pictures that I could have put on here, but it would have taken me days.  Zach literally took over 100 pictures of just the Changgyeonggung Palace!

We had an amazing time and agree that we will have to travel to Seoul every weekend we get a chance, especially in the spring and summer.

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