Pictures!

I've finally uploaded all my pictures, so here's the last two months in photos!

 This is the main palace in Seoul.

This is a traditional Korean house, in a neighborhood of traditional Korean houses.

 This is the changing of the guard at the palace.  (I can't figure out how to change the order of the pictures!)

More traditional Korean houses.

At the palace again.  This might be the queen's quarters.  (There weren't any signs.)

The mountains behind the palace.

Changing of the guard again.

The throne.

Inside the throne room.

A pavilion on a lake.

The East Sea!  This is near Uljin, during my vacation with my neighbors.

We went to a mask museum in Andong.

A representation of a mask dance.

This is a typical hat for an aristocrat during the Joseon dynasty.

These pillars keep away evil spirits, I think.  Later they'll be painted.  I think they're shamanistic in origin, but I'm not sure.

A pretty landscape, with a heron in the sky.

Rice fields and a leafy crop!

Two herons!

Tradition Korean house in a folk village in Andong.

People-carriers.

Man-carrier.

Interior of woman-carrier.  I think it was made for small women!

Courtyard of one of the biggest houses, made for an important family in the 16th century.

This is the view through their front gate.  Not bad.

Another view of the courtyard.

Playing with traditional toys.

This lake was featured in the movie Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring.

In the movie, there was a floating pavilion in the middle of the lake where a Buddhist monk lived.

Trees growing in the water.  This lake is famous for these trees.

Some statues inside a huge TV show set.

A view of Sokcho from the lighthouse.

The sea viewed from the lighthouse.

The harbor (?) from the lighthouse.

An ancient monument (or a reproduction) in front of a waterpark.

The gate leading to the TV set.

Reproductions of Joseon-era weapons.

And that's it.  When I was traveling with my neighbors, and when I went on the teachers' trip, my companions were not very patient with me while I was taking pictures.  Most of them are rushed, and I feel like my best pictures were taken with my phone!  I'm traveling in September a couple times with other foreigners, and I should have better pictures then!