Breakfast at Holly’s coffee just around the corner of our hotel before the day’s tour of Seoul.
![Breakfast at Holly's coffee](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0059-1024x768.jpg)
![Our breakfast.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0061-1024x768.jpg)
Train to Anguk station and a walk to the UNESCO site of Changdeokgung Palace, huge and grand, fit for royalties.
![Unesco Changdeokgung](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0062-1024x768.jpg)
![Map of the palace.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0064-768x1024.jpg)
![One of the many halls.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0067-1024x768.jpg)
![Inside the hall.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0072-1024x768.jpg)
![Pond inside the palace.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0094-1024x768.jpg)
![Like a scene from a Korean drama](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0099-1024x768.jpg)
![Tiny gate.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0103-1024x768.jpg)
![Another pond in the compounds.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0105-1024x768.jpg)
![Autumn colours](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0109-1024x768.jpg)
![Yet another pond](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0123-1024x768.jpg)
Huge place, took a while to walk around the compound and before we exited the palace and have lunch in some random Korean store.
![The place we had lunch.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0140-1024x768.jpg)
![Lunch at a Korean store.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0139-1024x768.jpg)
Then another store to have a sweet fish pastry to desert.
![Time for some dessert, shaped like a fish.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0144-1024x768.jpg)
![End product.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0148-1024x768.jpg)
Another palace visit, by walking there. Gyeongbokgung palace, similar size but more modern architecture.
![One of the gates to Gyeongbokgung](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0154-1024x768.jpg)
![Guards](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0155-1024x768.jpg)
![Huge square to the next building.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0156-1024x768.jpg)
![One of the halls.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0160-1024x768.jpg)
![Inside one of the halls.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0163-1024x768.jpg)
![Close view of the hall.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0165-1024x768.jpg)
![Map of the palace grounds.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0166-1024x768.jpg)
![Looks like the bedroom](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0172-1024x768.jpg)
![Pond with a building in the middle.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0175-1024x768.jpg)
![Another smaller pond.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0188-1024x768.jpg)
![Pagoda within the compounds.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0190-1024x768.jpg)
![Preservation jars for kimchi?](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0191-1024x768.jpg)
![Palace that had a mountain behind it.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0199-1024x768.jpg)
After we completed the exploration within the palace compounds, we returned to the entrance where the changing of guards took place.
![Changing of guards, retro style.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0202-1024x768.jpg)
The last attraction of the day was to visit a prison, Seodaemun Prison, taking a one stop from Anguk to Dongnimmun station, and a short walk to the entrance. A much smaller compound compared to the palaces and manageable to complete exploring within an hour.
![Seodaemun Prison.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0203-1024x768.jpg)
![Map of the prison.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0204-1024x768.jpg)
![Some weird contraption.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0208-1024x768.jpg)
![Within the prison compound.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0209-1024x768.jpg)
![Long corridor of cells.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0212-768x1024.jpg)
![Communication between cell and guards.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0214-1024x768.jpg)
![Reverence monument.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0218-1024x768.jpg)
![Corpse tunnel.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0219-1024x768.jpg)
Then it was shopping at night, got off at Dongdaemun station, there was a majestic gate called Heunginjimun near the station.
![Night view.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0224-1024x768.jpg)
A mixture of malls from trendy fashion at a costlier price at Doota mall and Maxtyle mall to the more affordable market like stores Pyoung Hwa clothing market.
![Dongdaemun entrance.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0226-768x1024.jpg)
![Pyoung Hwa clothing market.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0227-1024x768.jpg)
![Doota shopping mall](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0228-768x1024.jpg)
![IMG_0232](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0232-768x1024.jpg)
![IMG_0231](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0231-1024x768.jpg)
![IMG_0233](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0233-768x1024.jpg)
![Dinner for the day.](https://escapesfromthelittlereddot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0235-1024x768.jpg)