Miranda Visits! - Cooksons Gone Wild!®

During the week, Judy took a day off from school to show her sister around a little of the city. Their first stop was Gyeongbok Palace.

Television dramas set in the Silla and Chosŏn Dynasties (ancient Korea) are very popular, so reenactments like these are fairly common throughout the year at the larger palaces and historical sites around the peninsula.

경복궁

Gyeongbokgung, meaning 'Palace of Shining Happiness' in English, dates back to the Chosŏn Dynasty (14th century) and was the home of King TaeJo, the founder and first king of the Chosŏn.

This dude's pad

Palace Guards

흥례문
Heungnyemun Gate
The Second Inner Gate

Offering

Korean kids in traditional clothing

향원정
Hyangwonjeong Pavilion

A very helpful description of the pavilion on a Google-translated Korean site:

Hyangwonjeong is a two-story pavilion. This building was built in the hexagon below, an equal amount of upstairs. Badakdol bases are the cornerstone and pierce the top layer of 1,2 six pillar. It ran the flavors of each layer has a beautiful wooden lattice. Went up to the eaves of the roof ugly on the top floor of the gathering places were decorated. Hyangwonjeong chwirojeongyira crashing the sperm build 1873 has seen the hand again.

Hope that gave you an idea of what the place is about!

She was a natural at the peace sign!

Public art outside Times Square Shopping Center

A born painter

Judy was meant to be a fireman
(as you'll see in pictures from Hong Kong soon...)

영등포동

Youngdeungpo is a busy eating and drinking neighborhood located near Andrew's school, so once he was off work, they met him there for dinner.

How you imagine all streets in Asia to look

For dinner this night, we showed Miranda another Korean culinary gem we discovered, 초개구이. Chogae Gui is an assortment of shellfish grilled at your table. It's so simple, yet so, so delicious.

The goods

Delightfully stuffed