Short but sweet adventure in Seoul

Free!  We love that word.

Seoul's Incheon International Airport is the number two ranked airport in the world.  Singapore has held down the number one spot for several years in a row.  We've flown in and out of Singapore but it was quite a while back so I really have no memory.  All I can say that is if it's better than Incheon it must be something else.
There are a number of amenities that Incheon offers travelers.  They include a "transit lounge" that is open to all passengers.  In the transit lounge are sleeper couches, showers, a digital workout area, a children's nap area and massage chairs.  We even read that there is a parade through the terminal three times per day.
Incheon Airport Transfer Amenities
One other amenity that is offered are complimentary city tours for passengers with long layovers.  They have a complete menu of different city tours that are available.  You simply sign up, meet at the appointed place at the appointed time and you're whisked off to see a bit of the city.  Our layover is around eleven hours so we easily qualified.  We signed up for what was advertised as the "traditional" tour.  It included a visit to the Changdeokgung Palace that was built in the fourteenth century, lunch and some time to roam around the Isadong neighborhood, which had a nice collection of small shops.
There was a $10 charge for lunch and admission to the palace grounds, so it wasn't completely free but a great deal nonetheless.  Other options included shopping tours, temple tours (we've had enough of those for a while), industrial tours and traditional village tours.
Transit Tours
It was about an hour bus ride into the heart of the city, which gave us a chance to see it a bit on the way in and out.  The palace was huge and quite nice.  Lunch was very good and we enjoyed walking around the neighborhood.  Especially since it was around 55 degrees which felt very refreshing after the warmer temperatures we'd been experiencing.  There were even some very nice fall leaves.  Here are a few pictures from our short but sweet time in Seoul.

Seoul mates at the palace

Traditional semi-formal/formal dress of South Korea.  It's called a Hanbok.

The traditional dress of North Korea is ????????

Jongro Millennium Tower in the background.

Insadong Neighborhood

The neighborhood is famous for it's alleyways

Still celebrating the winter olympics