The Grand Palace

We went to the Grand Palace this weekend in downtown Thailand. People have been telling us all along that this was one place we needed to visit while in Bangkok. It was a fun day trip. I'm also working on putting all of our pictures on photobucket.com. I've been having a hard time deciding which pictures to post, and this way we can have them all up for everyone to see.

We rode a boat downtown with Lynette and Alaina, but it was just Ben, Alaina and I at the Grand Palace.

I didn't notice anyone else staring, so maybe this is normal. Alaina said he was probably fishing for trash. Not hard to find in this river.

Inside the compound of the Grand Palace.

These structures were all very ornate. This is Alaina demonstrating to me how people pull off the squares of gold.

The Emerald Buddha. He's actually made of jade and wears a different gold outfit depending on what season it is. This is his summer season attire. They didn't allow pictures inside the temple, this was taken through a window outside.

During most of our visit, Alaina was most interested in playing with the bees, which are supposed to have no stingers.  Buddhists believe this is because of the sacredness of the Emerald Buddha.  Alaina's theory is that "they were just born that way."

In front of the Grand Palace

The three of us leaving the compound

The temples behind us