Sunday, meant for fighting?

Today was a very busy day! We went to a Buddhist temple in the morning, the first time I have been to one while services were underway. It is beautiful and right in the middle of town, it is very old, several historic landmarks there on the grounds. We had lunch at Bennigans, weird. While we were going inside we were passed by a changing of the guard at the President's House. The area outside was set up for a children's day with music, face painting, etc. We made key chains and played with a really cool computer that let you take a pic of yourself and send it in an email! I was punished for laughing at a friend's story of the toilets in Japan today when I was squirted not once but twice by the toilets in Bennigan's. All the signs were in Korean and I was trying to flush and instead was attacked by the bidet function. The second time I tried different buttons and still was squirted!I have included a photo of me with the offending plumbing apparatus. Then we were supposed to go to the President's house to walk around the grounds, but it was blocked off today by the police due to the protests. We spent a little while at the Olympic Stadium and then went to the Changdeok Palace. Gorgeous grounds! The last princess lived there until her death in the 1980's. I could not hear the guide as the crowd was so large, but got some good pictures. After that we went to dinner at a traditional Korean restaurant, the fanciest we have been to so far and then to Insadong for shopping. Pretty porcelain, wooden masks, and other traditional items, much nicer than where we went the other night. Of course I shopped and purchased! Walking back we encountered crowds of protesters in different places and many more policement. The mood seemed different tonight. I heard that the police used water cannons last night. Many of the police buses are burnt out and graffiti covered. The policemen are young men on compulsary military service and look so young and frightened, the average age is 22. The police buses were parked competely around this grass square where last night tents were set up, including a first aid tent. Tonight nothing is there and the police were moving towards the crowd in pincer like movements. I hope no one is seriously hurt. We spoke to a women today who supports the President, some of what she said did not make sense to us, but she was calling the kids doing the protests communists. It is really an amazing site that is difficult to describe. City blocks are closed off to traffic night after night as the protests continue, which seems to me to indicate a democratic system that is working, after all they can speak up, yet the protesters claim they are not in a demcracy any longer. Tonight one man told us to be careful as we walked towards the protest and another told us to get out. He did not seem to have our safety in mind as the first one did, he seemed very angry.