Korean Folk Village and Gangnam Square

On our last day in Seoul we went to the Korean Folk Village.   It was the farthest place we went, but well worth it.  We saw they were offering bus tours to go there but we just went on our own.  I'm really glad we did because the tour only seemed to take you there and back and we saved a bunch of money and got to take our time.

I thought this place was going to be full of tourists because of all the bus tours available, but I was wrong.  Bob and I were some of the only American's there.  It looked like it was mostly full of school field trips, which makes since because when I was in elementary school we did a tour of a place showing what it would have been like to live in America many years ago.

 It was basically a village set up of what Korea used to be like.  People were walking around dressed in their traditional clothing.

They even had a couple fake shops set up.

The most fun part was watching the shows.  This music and drum show was pretty cool until...

The guy randomly pulled me up on stage!  I was not volunteering, nor was I even in the front.  I guess that is what happens when you are the only one with blonde hair in the crowed.  It was really ok and kind of fun.  He did this balancing plates act, where I held the sticks and even threw one plate in the air.  The embarrassing part was when he said it was dancing time and wanted me to dance with them.  

 We saw a tight rope act.

 A traditional marriage ceremony.

And an equestrian show.

Before heading back to town we ate at a ground table.  Everyone else opted to sit at the packed full size tables, but I thought this would be fun.

 It was a really pretty place.

 Our next stop for the day was Gangnam Square.  I mainly wanted to go there because of the song.

I loved the underground market and bought the most clothes at the best prices there.  We had gone to several markets and I saw some of the same items for cheaper here.

 We at at Bob's favorite type of restaurant for the last time and got a picture in front of it.

I really wanted to try this black ice cream, even though it was from Baskin' Robbins, which doesn't seem all that Korean.

That just about wraps up our time in South Korea!  Thanks so much to my parents for babysitting!