August and I went back to Hoegi and Kyunghee University to try the Philly Burger place we saw and to go to the art museum, which was closed on Sunday, and today was the last day for the two shows that were there.
We ended up going to all three museums (art, history, and natural history).
But first, we had to get there. August enjoyed walking around and practicingr his raspberries as we walked:
At the art museum, this was his favorite piece (he actually got excited when he saw it):
But this was probably mine:
From there, we walked to the history museum. In front of the building, there are two statues of people the steps. August thought they were pretty cool, and had to meet both. A Korean guy actually took our photo at this time, and was happy with the photo and showed it to us. Alas, I didn’t get it from him:
Before going to the history museum, we stopped to eat a banana and play:
Carly and I had been to the history museum our first year, but not all of it was open. It is a pretty large collection, although almost entirely in Korean. Luckily, I know enough about Korean history and enough Korean to not be totally lost.
This is one of my favorite pieces, in part because the ‘elephant’ is more like a tiger with a trunk. A rather unique mythical creature:
I could bore you with all sorts of photos of historical artifacts, but I will just include one more, this carving of a bird:
August had been awake for four hours, so finally fell asleep:
Then to the natural history museum. We had gone through this one completely (Carly would say too completely) before, so I didn’t spend as much time. We did, however, find some benches on the top floor (plant fossils) and had a drink and played on the floor. We were there for over 20 minutes and not a single person came to that floor:
On the way home, 4 teenage girls became August’s good friends. When seats opened up next to us, two came over to join us. August warmed to them, and started talking. Soon before we got of the train, he reached over and grabbed the girl’s hand, which really won them over. The girl on the left is covering up the curler on her bangs. Why she has a curler in her hair at 4:15 in the afternoon on the subway, alas, I do not know:
