Looking at the large yard and mesmerizing buildings, we wondered how it felt like to be princes and princesses who grew up in such environment.
Again, we found a tree where we can do "tum paas aaye". It's at the center of the yard, too. Kekeke.
What we found interesting is a former prince's room where there are plenty of paintings, mostly painted by the famous Raden Saleh. There's this one special painting of a gentleman which is different from the rest. According to one of abdi dalem -- the royal servant, with whom we had chit chat -- that picture follows the movement of its beholder. If you observe carefully, the front side of the left shoe is always pointing at you, whether you see it from the left side or right side.
Before going to the next stop, we had a lunch break. There are many choices of traditional food at the front gate. We chose to have es degan (coconut ice) and tahu kupat (rice dumpling served with tofu, bean sprouts, and a special type of sauce). Actually, Unin-Utin don't like tofu. Maybe we were starving that day, because it tasted good. As we regained our strength, we resumed the trip.
