National Museum of Korea...

One of the unexpected parts of being a model is that it’s apparently rare for an agency to receive photos from the client and then pass them onto the model for use in her portfolio. In Ashlynn’s case, she has a mother that is willing to spend a ridiculous amount of time tracking down photos from her jobs. In fact, of the 19 jobs she had in Seoul, I was successful in finding photos from all but one. This behind-the-scenes photo that she sent us is the only photo from her eight-hour handbag shoot with Lotte.

Another free museum that I visited was the National Museum.

The architecture was pretty cool with a nice view of Seoul Tower.

To be honest, I was more interested in the building than in the collection of archaeological items... 

...although this 10-story pagoda from 1348 was pretty cool.

This was also pretty cool: a coffee cup holder placed at the entrance of the gift shop for visitors to leave their cups while browsing.

Gwanghwamun Gate was originally built in 1395 as the main gate to Gyeongbokgung Palace. It was destroyed by the Japanese in 1592 and then again during the Korean War.

The current impressive wooden and concrete gate was completed in 2010, so would have looked different when we visited the palace back in the 90s.