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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Landon's cure for boredom... how many ways can I sit in a beach chair? Let's see 1,2,
3.

He's gotta find some way to entertain himself at his sisters' swim team practices.



Swim Team

Megan and Ashley swimming laps. I can't get over how much they swim in an hour. It makes me tired just watching them.




This is the octopus that was swimming straight towards me. At first glance I thought it was a starfish. I hightailed it out of the water, and Jim started playing around with it when it grabbed a hold of Jim's knife and wouldn't let go. I'm not sure I'll be going back into that water; not without a full wetsuit on anyway.




RaRaRa Ramen Noodle

We enjoyed a delicious (oiyshee) ramen noodle and pork dumpling meal. YUM!!!!!!


Foot Bath in Hirado City


After a long day of walking, it felt so nice to soak our sore feet. These foot baths are found all over Japan. We could really use these in the states!

Hirado Castle

This castle has been around since the 1600's.
Warrior's wardrobe. I don't know how a warrior could walk much less lift a weapon in this thing.

Hirado Castle


As you can see, signs do us no good around here.



Bio Park Zoo

These monkeys are out of control. At one point Jim had three on him. They would just leap out of nowhere and land on you... then you were kind of stuck trying to figure out how to get them off you. The visit before this one, I was literally chased through one section of the park by a pack of black lemurs! You've literally got to watch your back at this place. We always have funny stories to tell after each visit.
Landon got so tickled by this bird.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Inside the walls of Changdeok Palace

Jim, I don't think those are your size or your color.
Street Market shopping in downtown Seoul. I was so overwhelmed with the amount of shops... they were on the street, beneath the street and above the street. I could literally come here everyday of my life and still not see everything.

Traditional Korean dress.







These fireplaces underneath the floors of the palace were used to heat the buildings.




Every little nook and cranny of the palace is brightly painted. I'd hate to have the job of keeping this up.




The king's throne.




More painting.



One of the palace structures. This is the throne hall of the king.








Changdeok Palace
Inside these walls is where the King of Korea lived for 19 years until the Gyeongbok Palace was rebuilt. The Gyeongbok Palace was destroyed during the Japanese invasion.