The last of my pictures from my family's trip. These first few are from the War Memorial.
There were several school groups touring the memorial.
This was on a reproduction of a South Korean patrol craft sunk by the North Koreans during the Daecheong Maritime Battle of 2009. I thought it was interesting that the South Korean Navy uses the same nomenclature for damage control and location markings as the U.S. Navy.
A teardrop made of dog tags in the Korean War hall.
A replica Turtle Ship
There was a group of ROK Marines preparing for a demonstration when we left.
A statue depicting brothers--one a South Korean soldier, one a North Korean soldier.
The next few shots are from the Noryangjin fish market in Seoul, where you can find just about any edible form of sea life.
This was dinner.
My Korean tutor. She had never been to the market, and volunteered to be our translator.
Korean sashimi; it was flopping around two pictures up.
One evening we took a walk around Gyeongbuk Palace...
...past the Blue House--the South Korean President's house,
around by the back entrance of the palace,
and through the Bukchon Hanok neighborhood full of traditional-style "hanok" houses.
We finished our walk back in front of the palace, by Gwanghwamun.
The day before my parents left we went out to Incheon and strolled around Chinatown...
and through Jayu park,
where we got a great view of the port area,
and visited a statue of General MacArthur.
I had such a great time with my family. We had a lot of fun exploring Seoul and nearby attractions--everything made more fun by the company.
My darling,
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see that you had a great time with your family. I am sure they enjoyed Korea trip very much. We can't wait to have our share in 3 months. From these pictures, the only place I've been to is Gyeongbuk Palace. The blue house was not open to the public during my time. I've been to Incheon a couple of times, but never had a chance to do a sightseeing. Had no idea that there was a China town there. You probably know that Incheon became famous after UN forces had a surprise landing operation during the Korean war. Thank you for sharing these lovely pictures. Love, Appah & Ommah