In the morning:
Then we headed downtown for both the Hi Seoul festival and a celebration of the holiday, Foundation Day.
But first we explored the city hall building, which has an archeological exhibit:
And we found another great changing table. This one plays “It’s a Small World”:
We then went to the Hi Seoul lounge and watched a guitar player. August was very attentive:
We then went outside and enjoyed the festival:
The Foundation Day celebration included everything from traditional flute playing to cheerleading:
We took a break from the noise and crowds by sitting on the grass just north of the King Sejong statue in Gwanghwamun Square. It looks peaceful, but it is kind of the equivalent to just sitting down in the middle of Time Square (if there was a patch of grass). It is pretty much the exact center of everything in Seoul. Palace, Bukhansan National Park, and the Blue House (equivalent to he White House) directly north, American embassy to the east, ginormous performing hall to the west, and city hall and Namdaemun Gate (National Treasure #1) directly to the south. Hundreds of people are walking by and taking their picture with the palace/Blue House/mountain in the background. You plop a blue-eyed baby on the grass in the middle of that and you draw attention. And then he was waving a balloon, peeling a banana, and eating a banana, which only drew more attention. So August met a lot of peoe and had his photo taken several times.
As if that wasn’t enough, we still hand time to check out the big Buddhist temple in downtown Seoul. August slept through all of this:
