{"id":840,"date":"2015-06-08T13:24:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T13:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=840"},"modified":"2015-06-08T13:24:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T13:24:22","slug":"seoul-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=840","title":{"rendered":"Seoul, Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To make up for not being able to go to the DMZ, we instead went to the War Memorial Hall with its suitably severe architecture.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/War-Memorial-Hall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/War-Memorial-Hall-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"War Memorial Hall\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-848\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/War-Memorial-Hall-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/War-Memorial-Hall-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/War-Memorial-Hall-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Afterwards I went on my own to the Seoul Museum of History,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Seoul-Museum-of-History1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Seoul-Museum-of-History1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Seoul Museum of History\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-850\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Seoul-Museum-of-History1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Seoul-Museum-of-History1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Seoul-Museum-of-History1-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They have a spare palace in the back.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_842\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Gyeonghuigung-Palace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-842\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Gyeonghuigung-Palace-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Gyeonghuigung Palace at Seoul Museum of History\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-842\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Gyeonghuigung-Palace-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Gyeonghuigung-Palace-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Gyeonghuigung-Palace-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gyeonghuigung Palace at Seoul Museum of History<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the city, here is Admiral Yi Sun-sin who defended Korea against the Japanese and King Sejong who invented the Hangul alphabet now used to write Korean.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_841\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admiran-Yi-Sun-sin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-841\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admiran-Yi-Sun-sin-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Admiran Yi Sun-sin defended Korea from Japanese invasion and is credited with designing the first turtle ships.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-841\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admiran-Yi-Sun-sin-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admiran-Yi-Sun-sin-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Admiran-Yi-Sun-sin-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Admiran Yi Sun-sin defended Korea from Japanese invasion and is credited with designing the first turtle ships.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_849\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/King-Sejong-the-Great1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-849\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/King-Sejong-the-Great1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"King Sejong is credited with the devopment of the Hangul alphabet\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-849\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/King-Sejong-the-Great1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/King-Sejong-the-Great1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/King-Sejong-the-Great1-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">King Sejong is credited with the devopment of the Hangul alphabet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally I took the Namsan cable care to the N Seoul Tower.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/N-Seoul-Tower-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/N-Seoul-Tower-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"N Seoul Tower\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-844\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/N-Seoul-Tower-2-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/N-Seoul-Tower-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/N-Seoul-Tower-2-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><div id=\"attachment_846\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Namsan-Cable-Car.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-846\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Namsan-Cable-Car-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"View of Namsan Cable car from n Seoul Tower\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-846\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Namsan-Cable-Car-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Namsan-Cable-Car-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Namsan-Cable-Car-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Namsan Cable car from n Seoul Tower<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/N-Seoul-Tower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/N-Seoul-Tower-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"N Seoul Tower\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-845\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/N-Seoul-Tower-200x300.jpg 200w, 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