We booked Gyeongju City Tour Bus: 8 Hours. 8 Places of interest. Each cost around 25,000 Won (bus, including all entrance fee, excluding lunch). We prepared our own lunch^^
The bus provides us with information on what to see before disembarking on each tourist spot. Oh, it's in 3 or 4 languages.
The first site is Poseokjeong. Now let the pictures speak for themselves, first.
I wish I'd come on Autumn!!!!!!
We'd better take shades....^^ I mean..it was stiflingly HOT.
But, sure..some people did attentively listen to the guide.
Is this the canal that's been talked about? I thought it would be grandiose....., though
Some of remains of the floors of the Shilla Kingdom...
As for the other buildings...they're simply gone...
only...trees now...stood there...
Group pic. is a must.
I was blending in.......
Okay..A little bit about Poseokjeong: it's a separate royal palace where the kings of Shilla held banquets for the nobles. Although the palace is gone (destroyed??), the stone water canal (see the pic. above?) remains. I heard it was made of granite. hmmm.
Oh, one interesting fact of this place was that the kings used to float their drinking cups on the canal...and while doing that, they were making poetry. (gosh..they did have some leisure time:).
hmm one more fact...the last king of Shilla, King Gyeonggae (??) met his death here...and then came the kingdom of Baekje....
That's what I know about this place. More about this? hmmmmm no...
