Spring @ Gyeongbokgung Palace (part 1)

#Pray for everyone affected by Jindo ferry incident. 
--> so, I just hope that everyone, my friends..anyone who happen to read this blog...please try to understand that IF I start posting up my pictures and all of the activities I've been doing for the past weeks (blogging that I've been doing on a daily basis for the past years..), please..believe me that it DOES NOT mean that I am insensitive of what IS happening. I AM and I do. My heart goes out for them.
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It was March 30 and I was expecting to see the annual ceremony of Joseon's Royal Guards Assignment or Dispatch. Since it was early spring and the outdoor was a bit cold, so I decided to spend some time inside a museum @ Gyeongbokgung.

It's one of the antique cars used by King Sunjong. I think I made an entry about it years ago.^^ 

So, this time I only tried to capture the image in vintage so as to see it in its past glory. 

Okay, let's go out. Then..I overheard a commotion outside the museum and I was right. The ceremony was about to begin and ...not a minute too soon..I was ..sitting or standing in the midst of crowds after crowds.... 

wanting to catch a glimpse of what was happening. 

I was lucky to be able to sit in the first row so I could see the whole (well, not all) view of the ceremony as it was rolling up right in front of my camera and eyes:) 

At one end of the corners, a group of colorful Joseon's guards were marching towards the ceremonial ground.  

With the spring's clear blue sky at the backdrop, the picture couldn't be any clearer than this. I think it summed up the 'extravaganza' at that time. 

..now let the fiesta begin...

A Family Portrait @ Sundam Valley

A memorable moment we spent at Sundam Valley must be preserved*-* and captured in the lenses. The tranquil water...the green trees above...

Eyra..let me get you up here.... 

Another pose to capture the moment.  

No other families were visible...it's just us. (no, of course, there were..but really a few) and this made us feel so special...and we did have a privilege to feel that way...

Remembering how amazingly dazzling the scenery in Sundam Valley, we were like being transported into a new atmosphere different from what we have back home in Seoul. (C'mon Suray...of course it is). 

..and that's why we loved the fact that we managed to be there (the valley)