Spring 2013

Still at --where else--Lotte World. A family portrait: number one. 

A family portrait number two.

Why not asking someone else to take our picture?*that's a good question*

Cherry Blossoms again......this year!!!

Last year we went to Youido Cherry lane @ Youido, of course. This year we went to Jamsil Cherry lanes, or more precisely we had a chance to see the blossoming sakura at the lake near Lotte World at Songpa-gu.

See the Gyro Drop at the background? 

I guess we did not see the cherry, instead we saw people! 벚꽃구경아니고 사람구경!!

well what could we do, we just came at the very same time when the throng of crowd came into the area. But, still we did enjoy our time there. We would not gone there had there been less people. ^-^ 

The lake itself was not that big, but it was big enough to accommodate the needs of Seoulites who more than often need to relax their eyes and mind in the midst of this bustling city. 

Once again..I did not let myself get caught in the way, so I pretty much walked and kept on walking on the side of the lake so as to being able to enjoy the sakura and the people staring & admiring at them. 

One of the most-sought-after spot where people took pictures. Well, not really...but at least this is how it looked like. 

2013 롯데월드 벚꽃길 걷기...

Taking a stroll admiring sakura @ Lotte World. 

Freya, take a look at Daddy. There...you go. 

"But, Daddy..I wanna go to Lotte World....!!!" 

Since she's been there twice, she knows what Lotte World offers to kids like her. She vividly remembers what the amusement park is like...and that's what prompted her to keep nagging at me....to take her into the Lotte World. 

Well, for the meantime ..why don't you just take a picture with Lotty and Lorry, first.^^ 

Grab my hand...grab my hand...

the fact that Lotte World offers this free photo session for the onlookers and passers by...really amused the kids. Well, at least for that day...they met Lorry and Lotty. 

Sakura Cherry Blossoms or

벚꽃 (Beotkott) or that's how the flowers are called in Korean language. Words could not express the exhilarating feeling of being in the Flower festival at Youido. Well, apart from the main event of seeing the blooming Sakura or cherry blossoms, lots of others flowers inside the pots were 

all available to be  enjoyed. 

 The kids did love the flowers. See the balloons? They were also parts of the action.

 The purple flowers dotted the street while Sakura with all of their charms dotted the lines of the streets along the way.

 Eyra and her Mom were (of course) among the throngs of people who were flocking and queuing to take picture. waiting for your turn to get yourself exposed to the fragrance of the flowers...

 Beautiful they were! But, too bad we did not even know or let alone being ourselves aware of their names albeit the fact that we did cherish them for being so pretty.

 The streets were dotted with the line up of artists--painting artists--who would more than willingly to make a sketch and draw yourself out of it just in time while your mind wandering around elsewhere...

 Freya never failed to captivate me as the photographer^^ She's adorable, she is.!

 Another angle that we should not have taken. Had we known their names....^^ too shame...^^

This time around, Eyra seemed to have found some kind of niche on her side. She turned out to be enjoying the afternoon walk along with the Sakura lines...

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.