Gyeongbokgung in the Spring

We retraced our steps from winter with a visit to Gyeongbokgung, the main palace grounds for the Lee dynasty with our friend Garth Muncy who was doing a "visa Hula" from Shanghai. The palace grounds are a whole lot more enjoyable when it isn't in the low twenties. It was a clear Sunday  afternoon, with only occasionally passing clouds, and the humidity was fairly low.
I figure that going to the palace will be a standard distraction for friends and relatives that visit us while we are here. The grounds are extensive and in two visits this year we have only seen about two thirds of the palaces.
There is a good sized pond in the middle of the grounds that has a "tea house" where the Emperor would meet with his concubine of the day.   The building and the bridge are not accessible to the average sight-seer, but I understand "VIPs" are given tours that shows just how good it was to be king.
We all had lunch in Insadong, which is a cleaner, artsier version of Namdaemun. Found an interesting restaurant whose name escapes me but I  could find again, that had a garden as it's center piece and served up an outstanding "seafood pancake" or hamul pachun.  Have to go back there again some day.