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.. Seoul ZOO day! [trip's - last blog post]

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Located close to the science center we visited yesterday, the zoo is located in the Seoul Grand Park, at the foot of Cheonggye Mountain in the city of Gwacheon.  Facilities at the Seoul Grand Park include : hills and hiking trails, the zoo, children's zoo, rose garden, amusement park, and the museum of modern art.   We met Jon and Salli at our subway entrance for the trip on Line 4. loading up on some treats with Dad before the adventure starts We noticed hundreds of hiking groups getting off at the zoo stop to hike up the mountain.    And, it appears, that a lot of Seoul likes to get out on weekends for fun excursions.   Here's a view going to the park and zoo entrance: At the zoo ticket entrance Salli & Jon paid for zoo tickets and a train and lift ticket for everyone.    We got in a line to get on the animal themed bus train.   Similar to Disney World it's a very efficient operation.   It's quite a hike to get up to the zoo.   A wise and ener
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.. Gwacheon National Science Museum

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And the fun continues .. off to the subway train station.  A long long ride to the science museum.   Here's the opening as we emerged : and the sight of this M O N S T E R complex : The planetarium, astronomical observatory, Space World, Dinosaur History Park, wind power generator, and Insectarium are behind the main exhibit halls building.   The place is H U G E  !!    Inside there are six major permanent exhibit halls.    There were many many school field trip groups.   The decibel level was high!    From pre-school to high school.    Here's a few pictures : microscope with screen here I am taking a pic of myself in the midst of AI action .. watch out ! some kids at the DRONE SIMULATORS .. Here's Jeanette and Margaret playing in from of an LED 'action'-screen  : time for lunch .. as we and 2,000 kids headed into the cafeteria .. Then it was outside to see more exhibits. Over to the Insectarium.   Margaret
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.. Birding, hiking, playing & exploring

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Early morning start.   I had to shower and pack and move suitcases from David and Ruth Ann's airbnb (since they were flying out today) to the Fiess's so we could get moving on to the subway to get to .. Yeouido Saetgang Eco Park for a guided birding tour.    We all said our goodbye's and headed out for adventure! Again, we were successful in navigating the subway train challenge! When we emerged from the subway station this is what we saw : We met our birding host and gathered with others including a gentleman from Vancouver, British Columbia.   Binoculars and daypacks were readied for the hike through Seoul's first ecological park, which is in central Seoul, an oasis in the middle of an important area that includes the National Assembly, Korean Stock Exchange, many large corporate headquarters, and Korea's three broadcasting stations. After awhile, Jeanette and I and the kids decided to walk over to the general park area to find some play stru
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