Pics of Seoul

Hello everyone,
Here are a few picks from our visit to Seoul. As Karina stated we did a lot of walking and enjoyed the sites. It is an exciting city and relatively cheap if you can handle hostels and market food. The first pick is of us at the main palace.

This is walk I call a bomb on wheels. They converte these bikes into to tricylcles. They are everywhere in Seoul.
They are everywhere in Seoul.This a pic of the Han river that runs through the middle of the city. We went to visit it at night and where amazed by all the people going for walk, bike rides and roller blading. We even played ulty on Sunday right next to the river. It is about as wide as the Outaouais River.. This is one of the main gates around the old city. It was really cool. They are pretty big and now are surrounded by new buildings. As you can see I had to find out where the next Subway station was.
This is the same gate but from the front.
This is a manmade lake in the middle of the main palace. It was really cool. This is were the royalty with meet there foreign guest for supper.
Same place but from the other side. I needed a break from all the walking.
More pics around the palace.
This place is enormous. There are at least 100 buildings. This is were the king would meet people during ceremonies.
This is the main entrance into the main palace.
This is another gate at night. there were 4 gates in all for main directions. There used to meet a fortrous wall but this was demolished though wars and growth of the city.
The last picture is of a park in the middle of the city where the start of the Korean uprising against the Japanese during the 20th century. In the back ground you can see a 9 tier Pagoda. It was really cool but you can't get any good pics since it is sealed in the glass structure for protection.