I recently travelled way up north in Seoul to Visit Dream Forest, one of many parks in Seoul. This one has an Art centre within its grounds and I'd heard about a temporary exhibition of Cecil Beaton's photographs there so I went to check it out. The exhibition has finished now but it was quite good. It was only small but I'd been itching to wander around a gallery for a while, missing the exhibition of Kate Middleton's wedding dress in Buck House and generally the Tate Modern gallery in London so it was a great way to spend the afternoon. I also stayed a couple of hours in the park, reading my book, watching the families relaxing and enjoying the last of Seoul's warm weather for a while. Koreans engage in all sorts of activites in the park so while I was wandering I snapped a few of the things I saw them doing.
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You shouldn't take photos in Art Exhibitions, but I wanted to snap a few of the subjects of this one, I managed to get some before being told not to. The girl in charge didn't make me delete the ones I'd taken so here they are. |
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The observatory looked interesting so I made my way up the check it out. |
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Lift come cable car... |
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The view of Dream Park |
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Seoul Tower in the Distance, and my house is even further south past the Tower |
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All I want for Christmas... |
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Autumnal |
Korean park activities (this is either before or after their professional looking picnic):
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Badminton |
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Bubbles |
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Fishing... |
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Traditional Hannok housing. |
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Scooter |
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Baseball |
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Dog walking |
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Sunflowers! |
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Kite stuck in a tree |
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Football |
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Cool bench |
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Feet |
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Posing |
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Take Local bus no. 5 from Mia Samgeori station (Light blue line 4), it takes about 5 minutes. Sit on the right side of the bus and keep an eye out of the window for the Park, the stops aren't announced in English. |
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No one takes any notice of which side to stay on. Oh Korea. |
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