Cherry Blossoms

Welcome to Asia. Once spring hits, thousands of Cherry Blossom trees bloom. It's beautiful, and it smells great too! Who said there can't be nature in a city of 14 million people?
There was a Cherry Blossom Festival downtown this week. There is a little island called Yeouido (supposedly the "Manhattan of Korea"--the business/financial district). There is a 7km stretch of Cherry blossom trees--1400 of them to be exact. So a bunch of us went down there to see the sights. We went at night after work, so they were all lit up, some even in different colors. It was pretty cool to see. Here are some of the photos. They didn't turn out so great cause it was at night....but here are some of my Korean friends--Julie, Hannah, and Jay (of course those are not their real names, but at my school all the Koreans have to take English names).