Our first day

We all woke up bright and early this morning, but since breakfast isn't served until 7:30 at the hotel, we had to wait quite a while. This gave us time to finish unpacking and get the room in order. We wanted to venture out a little this morning and see some stuff. We made a list before we left home of all we wanted to do and see. We knew we wouldn't have time to waste. So off we went this morning with Grayson in tow since we would be taking the subway. We headed for Namdaemun market, a market full of fashion and very Western items. We only had to walk about 10 minutes to the subway station and by the time we got there, Grayson was asleep. Guess that 11 hours was just not quite enough.



We had fun exploring the market, but left empty handed.


When we were done shopping we headed to another subway station and decided to go to Children's Grand Park. This park had been recommended by a family on our agency's forum and we now know why. This place is fabulous. We will definitely be going back. It is huge and has so much to do and see. And it's free!!!


The wizard of oz playground. Who says we're not in Kansas anymore?


The highlight of the park today was the zoo. We only went through one animal exhibit and will go back another day to see more. Grayson roared at each of these big animals. We also saw an elephant, tiger, and monkeys.










The most popular cartoon character in Korea- pororo! Grayson has been watching pororo videos on you tube for months and quickly recognizes this character all over the place.


The roses are in full bloom right now and are just beautiful


This is the Seoul tower from our window at night. It's beautiful. Can't wait to go during the day and put our lock of love on.


After a good nap this afternoon, we went back out for dinner at pizza hut and some grocery shopping. We are all set for breakfast in our room in the morning and have bread to make sandwiches.


We had a great day today. Grayson is very popular here. He is getting so much attention he's not quite sure what to think of it all. The older adults and kids just love trying to talk to him, wave to him, tell him how cute he is, and try to shake his hand. He's a good sport about it all, but acting pretty shy. I'm finding myself looking at every baby to just see if it might be Neylan. We are trying to keep busy and distracted. In less than a week he will be part of our family.


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