Cherry Blossom Cheer

This last weekend Spring decided to make its dramatic appearance in Seoul. Gracefully sweeping in like a elegant lady in a white ball gown, drawing everyone's' eyes and levitating everyone's' good humor. After 5 months of cold fingers and burning winds the blue sky and warm sun reminded me that this little earlobe of earth, we call Korea, was actually inhabitable.

A friend and I decided to go and absorb as much of the seasonal bliss as possible and took the subway over to Children's Grand Park. This, like every other place in Seoul, yielded the full capacity of people, strollers, and novelty balloons that could pour into the small park. The park itself was pretty impressive with lots of fields for flying kites and laying on pic nic blankets, a small zoo, and even a decent amusement park. Between the cherry blossoms, the old whitewashed Ferris wheel, and the elephants it was the quintessential spring day.