Spring has arrived in Seoul! And to prove it, here is this post. Every year, when spring comes, a Cherry Blossom Festival takes place in Yeouido Island. Yeouido Island is not an island on the sea, but on the Han River in Seoul. The image is quite nice and very typical from Korea as well as Japan. Being Japan a little warmer than Korea, the cherry blossom takes place there a little sooner than it does in Korea. In fact, we could see it during our trip to Tokyo last march.
Mass of people and cars going to the island to see the cherry blossoms.
Sometimes, it was even hard to walk with some many people around.
Another shot of the people in the street. Fortunately, the streets are closed that day to avoid accidents (there were many children around too).
We decided to stay at the island until night to see the lighting. It was definitely worth it…
…in fact, there were even more people at night than during the day.
All the main avenue was full of trees with lighting in different colors.
I was pleased to see that they have bathrooms for handicapped people, with easy access for wheelchairs.
I took this picture when we were leaving, after several hours walking around and with a blister on my foot that has been annoying me for one week. It is the Korean National Assembly, were the famous raws between politicians take place often, by the way, between members of the same party.
