Cherry blossom season is quite exciting here in Korea. About a week ago, the cherry blossoms bloomed and they are beautiful! I didn't really realize how quickly spring had come. One day, there were almost no flowers on the trees outside of my school and the next day: BAM Look at all of those flowers!! They are AMAZING. So, to celebrate the cherry blossoms, my friend and I went to Seokchon Lake Park which is near Lotte World, Lotte Tower, and the Lotte department store. This is a man made lake in front of the tower and Lotte world. Lotte Tower actually just opened about two weeks ago and these giant swans in the lake were commissioned for the opening of the tower. It is one of the tallest buildings in the world now. There were TONS of people at the park. It was kind of tough to navigate around but we bobbed and weaved our way around the lake. We ended up in several different places. There were vendors along the walkway selling different things. We bought fake cherry blossom clips to put in our hair and we also got our faces painted! it was glorious! We walked around for quite some time and eventually went to take a break at the mall/department store nearby. We got a late lunch (beef with beef broth and rice, green onion, and kimchi), walked around the ENTIRE mall/department store and came across a random fansigning event for the kpop group Highlight (formerly known as B2ST aka Beast). There were sooooo many people! Eventually, we made it back outside. It was quite dark but the cherry blossoms were lit up so nicely! There were areas lit up with regular lights and an entire section lit up with colors!! It was so pretty! At the end of the night, I was sad to go home but it was such a great day!
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