There was one thing that we had to do, which was to visit the Gyeongbok Palace. The cool and unique thing is they encourage us to come donning hanboks (traditional dress) where with it your admission will be free. It was like a traditional cosplay ish thing haha but I thought it waa cool to play dress up and take lots of pictures with it. Only then it occured to me why when my friends posted pics of their visit to the korean palaces, all will dress up.
The hanbok shops are readily available near to the palace grounds. In total there are 5 palaces which are interconnected to each other. Got some tips from vlogs on where to rent the hanboks but again if you are bot sure which shop, just follow the flow of hanbok wearers from different nationalities walking to and fro.
After dressing up, we walked down to the main gate. We were lucky we managed to catch the changing of guard ceremony. In the itenary we were told that its as 2pm but that day it went on at 1pm. I guess this a the highlight of any palace visit.
And yes we took tonnes of pictures and we lost track of the time. And we were only on our first palace!! Haha We were to attend the President’s dinner which I almost thought about skipping. But after googling the venue, weh.. cant miss this event. Not easy to get access to Aston House.
And I share with all of you some of our hanbok pictures at the Royal Gyeongbok Palace!!
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