Part 3 - Gwacheon National Science Museum, Outdoor Exhibits

The Gwacheon National Science Museum also has outdoor exhibitions.  At the center is the Planetarium in a beautiful white dome, just a few steps from the main museum’s back door. 

the Planetarium

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Part 2 - Gwacheon National Science Museum, Indoor Exhibits (The Aerospace and the Natural History Hall)

The second level of the Advance Science and Technology Hall is about the aerospace.  It exhibits about the nano world, the astronaut training and living in space, the aircraft pilot training and flight control.

At the entrance, we were hailed by this chamber that says International Space Station.

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Part 1 - Gwacheon National Science Museum, Indoor Exhibits (Advanced Science Hall_1st Floor)

We woke up with a flurry and the sight of it hasted my kiddos.  After breakfast, they were downstairs enjoying the snowfall.  I yearned in silence for a great day ahead.

The kiddos saw last night a poster at the train station about Seoul Grand Park, so we all agreed to spend our last tour there.  The park has a zoo, an art museum and an amusement park.  The zoo was said to be the world’s 10^th largest with over 3,000 animals and a botanical garden having more than 36,000 plants.  Since last night, they imagined an up close encounter with dolphins, giraffes, gorillas, hippos, camels, bears and more…

At the Grand Park’s station exit, a big notice announcing its closure greeted us.  The excited faces turned gray with query eyes, what we’ll gonna do now?  For safety and health reasons, the park was closed to prevent spread of animal-flu related disease to humans.  Thanks to our host for responding quickly, don’t worry, there’s a science museum across the park.

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Snow Slide at Suwon Worldcup Stadium

We planned to rise early to make most of the day but the weather and the time difference took a sluggish shot.  Their belief that the male are the kings and should therefore not do household chores or even assist to the kids needs was a major drawback.  Even if I so wanted to contest, I refrained, it's harder to be blamed later for a misfortune you never prayed.  So aside from being a maid to the three kids, I had a king to serve as well. Huh!

We had no idea of what’s in store for the day; we just followed the kings… To our surprise, we entered the parking area of Suwon Worldcup Stadium.  We thought for awhile that we will be watching a football game until we were directed to a snow park.

Wish granted… a feel of the snow.

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A Hike to Suwon Hwaseong Fortress

We arrived at Suwon, our residence for 4 nights, a little after 11am.  Hubby was able to grab a raspberry roll for our birthday girl.  After lunch and a simple celebration, we rested for awhile before we started the stroll.  It was 4pm when everyone was up and all set to brave the freezing temp.

We’re bound to Hwaseong Fortress and unknown to us, we’re going there by foot.  We trekked for nearly an hour where we passed by Gyeonggi Provincial Government and had a short hike by the woods.  I was surprised not to hear a whinge from the kids; either they were busy sniffling under the -7deg breeze or were amazed by the scenery.

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