Gyeongbokgung

Gyeongbukgung again. SPRING 2015.

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!!!

Belle on a Rock

My wife just encountered :) a very strange yet beautiful purple flowers just sprung up right on the side of a protruding rock. Judging from the its location, it looked so unlikely for the flowers to grow, but somehow they managed to find a way to be alive.^^ 

No other flowers were visible in the vicinity, but this charming purple flowers are so captivating that we decided to call them "Belle on a Rock"

Spring Time: a time for gardening

Gardening 101 for kids. We just bought a plastic of flower seeds for home-grown experiment. And since Spring time has given us a kind of excitement or anticipation for something new, we thought "why don't we also try planting the flowers of our own?" 

And we did. Freya was the one who's so excited, so excited that even she wanted to do it by herself and we let her do it. 

Now...we need to see if it'll grow...

Sakura or 벚꽃 (Beotkot) or Cherry Blossoms in Spring Festival at Youido, Seoul

Spring Sakura Festival in Yoido Park, Seoul- South Korea. 

Well, We got to squeeze ourselves into the throngs of people who were mingling, jammed packed at the park well known for its dazzling show of Sakura Spring. Who would not want to spend the whole day right here in the not-that-chilly outdoor activities while enjoying the magnificent and majestic blooms from Sakura in Korea. It was a great time for us, indeed. 

We were there for about 4 hours or so. We arrived at about 5 pm, two hours before sunset so we could get most of the afternoon glimpse of great sight and sound and smell of the festival. Then, for the next two hours, we could see the different atmosphere of being drenched and soaked into the midst of night-view of lighted or beamed Sakura flowers. Indeed, it was a sight not that easy to forget. Lots of clicks from the camera dotted the scene that day. 

 Look at the trees dotted along the street of Yoido. What a mesmerizing sight indeed it was.