Well this weekend I managed to be officially lost for the first time. I was suppose to meets some people at the Bonpo Bridge light show but I somehow got the directions wrong and wandered for awhile...I managed to make it to another metro station and then tried again but there was no exit #9...so I gave up and headed home. It was pretty fun :)
Today I went to the National Museum and loved it!! I spent over two hours there and only got through the first floor...so I guess I will be taking a few more trips. Like Ian said..the building is amazing...huge and made completely of marble on the inside. Today I spent the day exploring ALL of Korea's history. It is amazing that they can track their entire
history in detail from the paleolithic era (cavemen) up to present day. Being that I love anthropology I had a great time looking at all the artifacts and following the history up to the Joseon dynasty. My favorite part was that in all the rooms they had these videos running on these huge plasma tv's except the shows were all made specifically for the museum depicting important events that happened in that time or explaining how the artifacts were used. However, these videos were all in animae style! It was pretty funny...yet informative (they had English subtitles)
My favorite part of the museum was the outside gardens in front of the building. They were beautiful and filled with actual artifacts from temples, tombs, etc. They had different paths that led to different artifacts...like a temple bell, lanterns from temples, and a garden of Buddhist pagodas, and my favorite...a little waterfall and pond area that was beautiful. Outside of the gardens led to a public park. It was very typical Korean with an "exercise area" included. It had a huge area with all sorts of different equipment to exercise with...very funny.
All in all it was a fun weekend!!
Today I went to the National Museum and loved it!! I spent over two hours there and only got through the first floor...so I guess I will be taking a few more trips. Like Ian said..the building is amazing...huge and made completely of marble on the inside. Today I spent the day exploring ALL of Korea's history. It is amazing that they can track their entire
history in detail from the paleolithic era (cavemen) up to present day. Being that I love anthropology I had a great time looking at all the artifacts and following the history up to the Joseon dynasty. My favorite part was that in all the rooms they had these videos running on these huge plasma tv's except the shows were all made specifically for the museum depicting important events that happened in that time or explaining how the artifacts were used. However, these videos were all in animae style! It was pretty funny...yet informative (they had English subtitles)
My favorite part of the museum was the outside gardens in front of the building. They were beautiful and filled with actual artifacts from temples, tombs, etc. They had different paths that led to different artifacts...like a temple bell, lanterns from temples, and a garden of Buddhist pagodas, and my favorite...a little waterfall and pond area that was beautiful. Outside of the gardens led to a public park. It was very typical Korean with an "exercise area" included. It had a huge area with all sorts of different equipment to exercise with...very funny.
All in all it was a fun weekend!!
No comments:
Post a Comment