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Wednesday was a sad day for August in two regards. First, he had to get his final hepatitis shot. Here are his bandage and his sort-of-still-sad face after getting the shot:

Then, we spent a final couple hours with grandma and grandpa. Going out for waffles:

Walking:

And eating lunch in the park:

Then we said our goodbyes and walked them to the airport bus:

August turns 200 days old tomorrow. We flew to the United States on the day he turned 100 days old. That means he has lived with one set of grandparents or another for basically half of his short life. It will quieter and more boring around here without them. 

On Tuesday we went to the major palace complex, which also includes the intriguingly named ‘Secret Garden’. We had a lot of fun. Some of the highlights:

Being silly in in the palace: 

Running into this guy for the third time in Seoul (more on him in another post):

Taking a tour of the Secret Garden:

Playing with the sundial

Walking with grandma and grandpa in the palace:

And riding with them on the bus:

And I couldn’t resist including this photo of him chewing on his hat string at lunch:

Tongue:

Smile:

On Monday we had a grand adventure that started by taking the cable car up to Namsan Tower:

While there, I changed August on the nicest changing table I’ve found in Seoul. It even had a little pillow for him (which I noticed and put under his head after shooting this video of him watching the mobile):

We had fun on and around the tower:

 

And looking at the trees on the way back down:

Between Myeong-dong and Namdaemun Market we found August’s favorite fountain so far:

In the market we found the greatest tshirt ever. I’ve been wanting a broken English shirt for August, and here it is:

After the market, we stopped at Starbucks and then walked to Namdaemun (the old south gate to the city, and National Treasure #1 in Korea). On the way, we filmed another amazing walking video, where August shows off his dexterity with a bottle cap:

On the ride home August entertained himself and everyone else on the bus:

“galloping into the void,
you are rolling your eyes like a horse,
all to turn form the beam,
from the eye of that screen.
“turn it off! turn it off!
with our backs to the arch 
and the wreck of our kind,
we will stare straight ahead 
for the rest of our lives!”

– “Century Eyes”, Shearwater

 

“If I could make the world as pure and strange as what I see,

I’d put you in the mirror,

I put in front of me.

I put in front of me.

Linger on, your pale blue eyes.

Linger on, your pale blue eyes.”

– “Pale Blue Eyes”, Velvet Underground” 

Per Glecy’s request (actually, we don’t do requests (unless, perhaps, it is something unique) – this wa already ready to go), here is some more bouncy chair action. 

This is from last (Monday) night. Unfortunately, August wasn’t able to play in the chair today as he fell asleep before 7pm. He must have been worn out by our visit to two palaces and tour of the secret garden. We’ll see how early he wakes up tomorrow…