KIMCHI TIME: Downtown Seoul fest thing~

Video clips of our day:

Leejoo and I went by one of the palaces that we have had already been to, but this time there was a royal ceremony going on.

Afterwards we were able to go take pictures with the people:

I don't know

I like how serious this guy is xD

Sword and bows/arrows!

Flag guy

The band

warrior guy

The King's officials

flea market downtown Seoul

hehe ducks!~

We saw a little

Lee playing piano ^^

This is the cutest and tiniest shop I've ever seen! （＠￣∇￣＠）

We met up with Jennifer (Lee's cousin) and her friends Hye Min and Hye Jun. We went to a river (it's a fake river) the Cheonggyecheon!

There used to be a real stream here but then it got covered up so it was restored into this river.

Jennifer and friends bein derp~ :P (The three girls to the farthest right)

avoiding the pic haha

This is for my brother Alex. It's perfect! it's so American haha

Strawberry Bingsu and Oreo Bingsu
(Bingsu is ice shavings with cream and sweet red bean with other flavorings)

All of us together!~

I found a unicorn!!!!!!

Warrior Lee Sunshin
creator of the turtle dragon fighting boat

King Sejeong
Creator of the Korean language

We went to learn more about King Sejeong at a museum under the statue:

This is what the original Korean language looked like (Chinese characters are mixed in this one).

King Sejeong was concerned that the commoners could not read and write (since they used Chinese characters). So he made a language that would be easy enough for the commoners. Most of the nobles resisted the creation of a new language, afraid of offending China or closing the gap between the social classes (since only nobles had the time to learn Chinese characters and writing). In the end, the king won and a new language was formed for Korea.