Goyang Flower Festival 2015 ep. 6: all the highly priced stuffs

these cute dogs are made of flowers!

exquisite and intriguing-looking roses. 

decorative designs for walls.

insanely crafted.

deliriously handpicked smartphone cases.

Eye-popping flower-quilts!!!

..and all of those are just a small fraction of what I encountered at the exhibition!!!

Goyang International Flower Festival (Part 7)

Another parasols (this time the red ones!! remember the purple ones on way in right before entering the main gate?) dotted the landscape near the lake. Beyond: lots of people in life-jackets were waiting for their turn to take on a lake-bicycle (that's how I describe it).

Lunch time. No wonder...lots of people crammed into this area.  

Found one! 

These ones, too. Found the gems tucked into the bushes of the scattered gardens.

Little cute wooden hedgehog family!!!~.~ 

Back to lake jetty where people were about to board the lake bicycle. If only it were not over-priced, we'd take the challenge. ^^ 

Oh, well..at least we could see it from afar.^^ 

The Goyang-ers must be so proud of having a lake within its downtown. 

Goyang's celebration of its 600th year of what? ..gee I should have known.

(choices to select from: a) independence  b) being founded  c) foundation 

d) establishment e) setting up  d) ... you name it.

Goyang City Museum

Not so much to tell about it here except the fact that it was well decorated and nicely put. 

I mean..who would've thought that these boxes actually tell stories of what Goyang City sees itself and how it evolves. I only got the phrases like 'Goyang City being the city of the future.

Goyang International Flower Festival (Part 6)

Sure it looked like summer already. It's still Spring but the temperature was like 22 degrees..so much so that it tempted us to take a shelter on a gazebo perched on one side of the boulevard within the expo venue. 

Wish we had one of these at home.^^ 

One angle of the facade where one huge pavilion was located. We'd definitely go there on our way home...(more stories on other entries) 

Then we were walking through the wall of peaceful wishes* Guess..that's how I pretty much describe it" based on the inscriptions written on the countless round wooden plates posted on each side of the barbed wires. 

..which led us to the first garden of tulips. 

If only I had a good camera, instead of this 5MP phone camera.^-^ 

Opps...Freyas' hat was just a 'garnish' on this pic.^^ 

The white tulips: an eye-opener in the bright daylight. 

Eyra: "Are these painted?" Yes, Dear..you watched too much of Alice in Wonderland:) 

What would be a tulip garden without its windmill adjacent to it? 

I am sure that this was not intended for exhibition, for they were more of a..well...er... crumpled flowers tossed into the rocks....*which turned out to be too nice to overlook* 

A commotion!!!! People were squeezing in not-that-wide-alley leading to one of the pavilion just to see..... 

.. prerecorded picture of themselves. 

We did it, too!`.~

Goyang International Flower Festival (part 4)

Judging from the venue of the exhibition which looked like in the middle of the town--as  seen from the office complex that surrounded the venue--I could say that this is actually a good venue for the city even when no festivals of such grandeur exist, simply because it boasts itself with a huge park for anyone to go to. 

Flowers with mini statues and decorations in between were the main attraction of the outdoor pavilion. 

I know it's hot and bright, dear. But, let's take the pic. first....^^ 

It's all artificially created of course..but, that's the main catch of the festival. With some creativity, it attracted lots of people, just like us. 

Take a pose, Freya... 

Goyang..Goyangi.....^^ 

and I was not making fun of the city when even the city itself admits it. 고양 고양이.

Goyang's cat. (goyangi happens to mean 'cat' in English). so...goyang goyangi simply means 'The cat of Goyang'^^ 

Goyang International Flower Festival (part 3)

Hmm...we were not even INSIDE the flower festival and yet...we're happily distracted by  the cultural experiences that we could see and do ourselves. Like trying out to be dressed up in hanbok. 

Why not taste it if we got plenty of time ahead of time. Even Eyra and Freya chose their own. Hmm..I love the color that Freya chose.  

Oh...the red dots on their cheeks were what made it even more adorable. Glad that I didn't have those on mine.^^ 

Why not take the whole picture of family in hanbok in style. It cost us 1,000 Won per each hanbok and if we wanted to have our pictures printed..it's 2,000 Won each.  

Mama, can I take off these red dots?^^

Goyang International Flower Festival (part 2)

Let's see what to see before entering the festival: oh...there were lots of parasols with benches where people were sitting and chatting and eating..enjoying the day. 

And for us: we were just about to enter the gate. but, before that...let's just hang for a sec. 

Another group pic, please. This time: only girls.   

With the backdrop of the lake and the bursting fountain beyond...what could possibly happen when the day's bright like it? flock of people gathering!!!

Goyang International Flower Festival (part 1)

On a bright sunny Saturday, May 4, we went to Goyang to see the much talked about Goyang City's 600th Celebration. ..

With 4 tickets in hands...we're ready to enter. The ticket was (just?) 5,000 Won.^-^ 

Let's have a group picture (minus me:) first. We went there with mbak Ulfa and her husband, om Wawan. It's been like months since the last time we went out together. 

Now it's our turn, with me in it. 

The 2-hour ride from Seoul to Goyang by subway really took us by surprise...that we said to ourselves ...that we ought to make the best of our time there. 

W: the first alphabet of 'Welcome'--made of stacked flowers greeted us. 

The 'C' & 'O' of the 'Welcome' flower beds were also big enough to be overseen. 

What's not to like... 

One thing: we didn't expect to have to walk for about 1.5 km to get into the entrance. Even the "Welcome" flower gate where we took the picture earlier was not even close to the main gate.^^ Oh, well...we could enjoy what it had to offer prior to entering the gate, though.

See the huge half-ball over there? and all the flags wavering over there? 

First, there were lots of tents where we could see and experience cultural-stuffs mainly from vendors or sponsors. 

Eyra, mbak Ulfa, and Freya: let's take this Half-Giant-Ball which turned out to be the CVS-for-you convenience store!!!