I spent a little time in the history museum, then walked back to Tapgol Park and saw National Treasure No. 2. Then I walked through Insadong to Bukchon Hanok Village, which is an area of older traditional houses that weren’t torn down when every other part of the city was modernizing. Now they’re in a sort of ritzy area and surrounded by art galleries. It’s kind of like Lombard Street in San Francisco, in that the residents constantly have throngs of tourists milling about in front of their houses taking pictures. Which is, of course, exactly what I did.

My feet and calves were sharply rebuking me by this time (especially since Bukchon Hanok Village is a very hilly area), but they are not the boss of me, so I went to Changdeok Palace, which is the only one of the palaces that’s a UNESCO world heritage site. UNESCO knows their stuff, palace-wise, I’m given to understand, but you can only see it with a tour, and I had missed the last English tour for the day.

So I stumbled next door to Changgyeong Palace, which doesn’t require a tour. It’s not as big as Gyeongbok Palace, but it’s in a much nicer park-like setting.

Then I went to Bong House and took a nap before going out for galbi.

I walked a total of about 20 miles over the course of the day.