Seoul Day 3

Today, we take a tour of Gyeongbokgung Palace and the Dongdaemun market.

Gyeongbokgung Palace is the main and also largest of all the Five Grand Palaces located through out Seoul. Numerous reenactments are up for show in this palace and we watched what the Changing of the Royal Guards ceremony would have looked like in the past.

After half a day spent in the Gyeaongbokgun Palace, we head across the city to Dongdaemun market in the afternoon for some prime shopping time. Dongdaemun market is the most popular shopping district in Seoul for the variety of products available in the 26 malls within a 5 block radius. Products from top designers to local Korean artifacts can be purchased in this district market. Shopping here was like a dream come true. Of course, it was hard to understand what the sales associates were saying but some English communication helped us understand them better. As it is frequented by numerous tourists, most stores were able to add some English words into their Korean language phrases. Thankfully, we had Estella with us as we don't know how much South Korean Won would have regularly charged for locals instead of tourists.

For more information on the Dongdaemun Market, visit
visitkorea.or.kr

We ended the night with dinner at a popular karaoke establishment where we had our own private room to embarrass ourselves in.