Feeling Royal...

What to do when your husband says he'll watch your little one, and you have a friend in town? Yup, you find yourself navigating your way to Seoul, to enjoy something you might not have enjoyed with a 4 year old. I know I know... I should have sat down in a coffee shop with a very large vanilla latte and book... but, since I do have a friend here who travelled all the way to the other side of the globe, we needed to get out and see something. I think I've told you, how much I love the area in Seoul, called "Insadong"... it's the artsy fartsy district of Seoul, with tons of handmade shops, tea shops, coffee shops,etc...

However, this time, instead of shopping, we went straight to the Palace, thinking that we'd have time to do some other things after... but that wasn't the case. We strolled for quite some bit, because the Palace was HUGE (totally not a bad thing, just an unexpected thing). While walking through the Secret Garden in Changdeokgung Palace, it's easy to imagine yourself years ago walking alongside some Royal folk... but at the same time... while the Palace itself was gorgeous (and all surrounding buildings)... I was focused on the signs of Fall around me... and couldn't help but make those the primary focus of my "shooting" around the Palace. It turned out to be some beautiful... PEACEFUL time without my little Charlotte on my side.