Giant Yutnori @ Garden of Morning Calm (part 13)

Now, they've finally something they set their eyes on. 

We went into a traditional house (한옥) where on its front yard laid big yutnori (board-game-like). 

The dices were so big that they found it hard to hold. 

well, that added more fun to the game. 

They used all their might to throw the dices. 

With the line up of scarecrows as the backdrop of the 한옥 (hanok), with the blue sky above us... 

letting them play with this traditional board-game (yutnori) was like a relief in itself. 

Well, after all, this is one of the things we sought for. 

Colorful Garden of Morning Calm (part 9)

Freya in action. 

An ocean of colors. 

A path to colors. 

Awed by colorfully natural beauty.

Got immersed in the realm of colors. 

An almost bird's eye view of the sunken garden. 

On the porch, overlooking the sunken garden. 

A mini-looking garden burst in colors. 

The two of us: Thanks, Eyra for taking Dad's and Mom's picture.

Garden of Morning Calm (part 6)

This is the very place that we loved so much when we visited the garden.

As soon we laid our eyes on the green vast lawn like this...our heart went boom. 

The kids went crazy because they could run and play around ....freely. 

Who doesn't want to run free like this?^^ 

Freya and her sister were running around....endlessly.:-) 

The great outdoor, good surrounding, and great weather... 

it couldn't get any better than this. 

Other groups of people just spread their picnic mat and sat down there...talking, eating, enjoying the scenery. 

and making the best of their time: simply being there. 

just like what the kids did.

We're so happy to have decided to come here.

Garden of Morning Calm (part 5): Pictures Speak For Themselves.

We're going to the picnic lawn right in the middle of the garden.

It's vast green.

It was a perfect place to play around.

With one touch...

we're collecting the fallen leaves...

for what? for photo effect....

I guess...we're desperately in need of 'real' autumn to set in...

but...let's see what we could do around here...

A Trip to the Garden of Morning Calm (아침고요수목원) : Part 1

It's Autumn. and just like what we did last year, we managed to go to one of our beloved provinces in Korea: Gyeonggi-do where at times...nature does spoil its visitors.:-)

we boarded the ITX train.

since it's weekend:-) we did not manage to book the seat arrangement, instead we just sat on the floors like many others.:-)

We arrived at Cheongpyeong station...at around 10 am after about 30 minute ride from Seoul (Cheongnyangni station). 

Let's take a moment to take a picture, first. girl.:) 

As the guide book told us, we should make a 10-minute walk toward the bus terminal. 

and there's this short-cut to the terminal: yes...it's a harvested paddy field. 

The station as we left it... the misty hill at the. backdrop

After a zig-zag route to find the terminal, finally we made it.

Cheongpyeong bus terminal. 

We booked the city bus that would take us straight to the Morning Calm garden.

the ride took about 30 minutes with a 1,200 Won charge..using our T-money card that we usually use in Seoul.

and this is the bus we took.(the green bus number 37??) hope I'm correct:). 

On the bus..we're having fun...too.

well, it's weekend and it's gonna be fun to spend the day with family in outdoor and out of the city. 

and...we got to make sure that would spend half-day at the garden since we got to take the 5 pm ITX train back to Seoul.