Gyeongbokgung Palace

I'm sorry that it took me so long to write this post.. But time just flew by and I just finished my first week of classes yesterday and it was exhausting haha But more about that in the next post ;)

So.. after checking out Myeong Dong, we just jumped on the subway and decided to go to the biggest and main palace here in Seoul.. the Gyeongbokgung Palace.

My roommate Daphnee and me :)

Koreans like taking pictures with their hands like that because a v-shaped face is one of the many things that girls should have to be considered beautiful. So by putting their hands on their faces like that they create this v-shape illusion on photos.

Wow.. or? I thought this was so beautiful and amazing and right in between al these skyscrapers. This was really a very impressive day were you actually realize, that this is Korea. I love it and the weather was great and and the people were nice and when we went there it was actually the last wednesday of the month, so we got in for free :D It really felt like we were meant to see this palace on that day. 

When we were on our way out, there was a guy who came up to us and in broken English tried to ask us if we would hold his pad for him hahaha And we were like: What?? And after some back and forth it turned out that he wanted to take a picture of us smiling, holding and using his samsung tablet :D He was actually so nice and such a weird experience that we just did it haha And then there was another that wanted to take a picture with us in front of the palace and just chat. A really funny day :)

We also went to check out the national museum which is right by the Gyeongbokgung Palace but by that time we were already tired and exhausted and our feet were hurting so we decided to just check out one of the floors and then head back to Myeong-Dong to get some dinner.

King's throne

Siina (my Finnish friend)

huuuge palace map

crown jewels

the wives were seriously wearing that on their heads :-O

 Siina and Daphnee

So this was my first time eating Korean food and the way they cooked it looked so interesting and it smelled so nice and delicious but oh my gosh.. I have never had anything as spicy as this. And I never eat hot food anyways haha This just burned out all my taste buds haha All the red stuff is some kind of chili paste. I really couldn't enjoy the food because it was just way too spicy but then another thing: they only give you a spoon for rice or chop sticks for the rest :D and I have to say.. i should've practiced more to eat with chop sticks before coming to Korea :D But I guess I'm slowly but surely getting used to it ;)