We arrived at about 1.30-2pm. The guard changing ceremony (performance) was taking place then. Took a lot of photos cos haven seen Korean palace guards before. haha. Then a Korean came up to us and asked us to do a survey regarding tourist and their interest in Korean culture. There was a token of appreciation for doing the survey. It was a nice Korean style fan (: Picture on Facebook. (:

Finally bought the entrance ticket and we were told that there was a tea ceremony at 3pm. It was held at the inner most part of the palace and we're only at the entrance. And it's 2.45pm. So just chiong to catch the tea ceremony. Luckily we made it in time.

During the tea ceremony there were news channel crew filming. And we realised that day was the first day that they were doing the tea ceremony thingy. Tea brewing procedures were demonstrated. They invited foreigners to follow what the teacher demonstrated and the males could wear the traditional costume! So cute to see the caucasians wear the traditional Korean costume. Then tea and "kueh" were given as refreshments. And they made us foreigners stay back and they re-demonstrated the procedures and we gotta act like we're drinking just for the news to film and they said that we MAY be appearing on the news that night but I came back late so didn't watch the news.

After that, we took a lot of scenic photos and I THINK we went shopping after that. haha. Always ending the day with shopping.

Photos are on Facebook! (: