A few more steps took us to a narrow lane which has many eateries. We chose one that served tasty steamed dumplings and the same but sort-of squashed and fried on both sides. A pleasant lunch is a noisy little cafe.
Wandering further took us to both the National Folk Museum of Korea and the Gyeongbokgung Palace.
The Gyeongbokgung Palace is an extensive site with confusion of buildings. The place was founded in 1395 and has a bewildering history of destruction and rebuilding. We spent a few hours in-and-out, in-and-out and yet more in-and-out of this building and another. Each one spectacular ...
Eventually we heard music and what sounded like a dramatic performance ... it, naturally, was in Korean so we had no idea what was going on. It turned out to be a reenactment of the Palace Guard Inspection Ceremony which takes place in October every year. Very colourful. We just caught the last 15 mins.
Dogs were beginning to bark so that we knew it was time to find more coffee. Refreshed we went on to look at more art shows. Inevitably wandering back to the hotel brought us to some sort of folk performance; drumming and "dancing". Colourful and noisy would not do the performance justice.
