Cherry Blossom Saturday

Korea made from flowers.



Erin our instructor.



Look at all those people!

This was at the marina. Weird building.



very big, open magnolia



Isn't he so handsome? :D







On Saturday we went with our Korean class instructor, Erin, to Yoido to see the cherry blossoms. We were sort of expecting a park-like setting, but it was just a street that was lined with cherry blossom trees. The street went around the "congress" building. This building is where the Korean representatives are, sort of equivilant to our congress building. But, nonetheless, there were tons of people! Sunday was the last day, and there were going to be tons of festivities. There would be massive amounts of people, so good thing we didn't go that day! :) The road runs next to the Hanyang River, so with the weather being as beautiful as it was and walking next to a river under cherry blossoms, Saturday was a very gorgeous day! It took over an hour on the subway to get there, and I have never been on the subway packed with that many people. Yoido is a VERY popular place at this time of year. I was literally being touched everywhere! It was madness! But we had a great time. The last two pictures are of the Magnolia trees in front of the HomePlus store. There are magnolia trees in many places around us. They are very beautiful. We have white and pink ones. The tulips are finally starting to bloom as well, and I hope to get a picture of them shortly because they are very pretty too.