Cherry Blossom Festival

Cherry Blossoms at Auburn Botanic Garden

The last time I had a good view of cherry blossoms was in Korea during my Spring 2015 visit with my bestfriend. They only bloom at the end of winter and start of spring, so you've got to watch out before all those beautiful blossoms fall out of those trees. I was clueless about this Cherry Blossom festival until a friend told me about it and the family decided to have a look.

A few weeks ago, the cherry blossom festival was held at Auburn Botanic Gardens. It did not disappoint! All the trees are in full bloom when we came...the only concern was there are too many people. The garden was packed with people, we couldn't get a hold of at least one tree to take a good photo with. I would recommend coming there on a weekday because that weekend, it was too crowded for my liking! 

There are three different areas where you can view the cherry blossoms and my favourite was at the Japanese Garden where the trees seemed to be parallel to each other looking like a tree lane from Nami Island. How I wish I could just tell the crowd to line up because the view was so instagram-worthy. LOL 

Sorry for this low quality photo! Took it with my phone ~lol

SPRING TIME: The flowers of Korea

My (dream) Korea Trip with my best friend happened like a blink of an eye. It was so fast I couldn't cope well that it still made me anxious thinking about the eight days (yes, you read it right...eight days!) of quality time with my best friend, in Seoul! It happened! I set my feet on the Land of the Morning Calm and stayed there with my best friend who happens to love kpop/kdramas, too.

It all started when my best friend phoned me telling me there's a seat sale going on and we should book! After a few more phone calls and more convincing strategies (for my parents to say yes), we finally booked the flight that will bring us to our dream country!

I had my hopes too high that the visa processing will be pretty easy until a new policy was posted about "more strict" requirements for the visa application. I am a little horrified that my visa application will be denied (aside from the fact that we filed our visas just two weeks before we fly to Korea). Fortunately, my best friend called telling me my visa was accepted and right then I knew we were heading to that beautiful country!

It was such a lucky time that our stay in Korea was the peak of the Cherry Blossoms and flowers, too! My best friend and I took a lot of pictures of the beautiful sakura and tulips and more flowers that blooms during our stay.

 *flowers at the War Memorial