Gansong Art Museum (간송미술관), II

[samedi]

Back in October of last year I paid a visit to the Gansong Art Musem (간송미술관) in Seongbuk-gu, northern Seoul. For those not familiar with the museum and who are too lazy to read the older entry, it's arguably the greatest private museum in the country; it features several national treasures, including one of the original books designed to

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[notte0]

When my Dad opened his own restaurant in Coloane, there was a pathway that led to a peacock den (it was part of a bird-sanctuary scheme, I think). There were the normal green/blue peacocks, and white peacocks as well! I always thought the albino peacocks were just regular peacocks as well, until a couple of the foreign managers mentioned they have never seen or known the existence of an albino peacock.

This ex-restaurant/bird sanctuary place is now a mini zoo which I should go visit one of these days :D

[samedi]

According to a quick internet search it seems that albinism has been observed in all orders of birds, although apparently with peacocks it's more likely that there's a white strain. This probably explains how the museum managed to come by four of them.

If you do visit the bird sanctuary / zoo again I'd be interested in hearing what you think of it. And, uh, I still need to find the time to visit Macau one of these days!

[notte0]

hehe, if you do, let me know and I'll dedicate my whole day to taking you around - as long as I'm able to take the day off.

[samedi]

Unfortunately, most of the national holidays in Korea fell on weekends this year, which means no long weekends for travel. From what I remember things won't be very promising next year, either. I'll let you know if I do plan on dropping by you way, though! Guess I should also look up the visa requirements for Macau ...

[anonymous]

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