Viewing the autumn foliage at the Changdeokgung and Biwon Secret Garden (Part 2)

9 November 2014

We spent the morning touring Changdeokgung. There was ample time to take our lunch near the palace before the start of our next tour of Changdeokgung’s Secret Garden at 1:30 PM.  

We came out of the Donwhamun (main entrance), turned right and walked up a small street, adjacent to the walls of Changdeokgung. Here we saw a row of ginkgo trees shedding yellow leaves. This was more impressive than what we saw at Garosu-gil.

These cars must have parked for less than half a day. Already covered with leaves.

Small park alongs street outside Changdeokgung.

We decided on a Korean restaurant just further down this street serving simple Korean dishes. It was quite popular with locals and tourists. It serves relatively inexpensive but excellent tasting food.

Simple and yummy beef ribs soup.

Bibimbap – need to stir and stir to mix the rice with meat and veggies well inside the hot bowl before eating.

This map of the Bukchon Hanok Village was just outside the restaurant. The location of the restaurant is marked on the map by the symbol.

On the way back to the palace, we saw this scooter with 2 adorable dogs. I could not resist to stop and play with them before proceeding.
Japanese Spitz and companion on a scooter.

Colourful fall foliage on the street.