My neighbors trees.
First there was the sea-parting festival and then, two weeks later, each city began to hold their own cherry blossom festival. Chuncheon is just barely starting to show signs of blooms and I can't wait to see them all over Udu-dong. Being over-zealous, I wanted to go to the biggest and most popular one down South in Jinhae so me and three friends signed up and caught a bus headed towards Busan (another city I've been dying to visit).
Our view of the countryside from the bus rapidly filled up with blossoming cherry trees as we drove further South.
We'd been warned that it would rain, but when we arrived, it was all sunshine and blooms.
Our first stop was at Jinhae train station where we could watch the trains come and go through the numerous fluffy pink trees. We walked along the tracks, jumping off whenever the whistle blew and sampling some of the street food. It was kind of ridiculous but so many people kept crowding the tracks with selfie sticks that the train could barely move and police had to tell them multiple times to get off the tracks before they moved out of the way. People are weird.
Once we'd gotten our fill, we headed further into the city.
That's when the rain hit. We'd brought umbrellas, but had imagined light showers. What we got was borderline flash-floods and a constant downpour.
This didn't stop us from enjoying ourselves. We made our way around the city through the rain, taking in the blossoms.
I look like crap in most of the photos due to being half-drowned but what can you do....
The rain made the trees snow petals and the effect was pretty breathtaking. We did dip into a restaurant when the rain got too heavy and enjoyed some traditional bibimbap before exploring more and eventually taking shelter in a coffee shop until it was time to go to our hotel.
Here's the happy family of cannibals we got to stare at while stuck in traffic.
The hostel we stayed at was in Busan, right on the coast. The next day was still a little damp but the rain had finally let up. We decided to skip the tours and sleep in a little before exploring the city. We'd all been jonnzing some good seafood so we kept it on our radar while taking in the sights. Our friend, Joy, had to leave a little early so she's not in any of the pictures.
Eventually, we found this little sushi place and it was phenomenal. I don't know if I was just starving or if was seriously the best nigiri I've ever had but I was craving it for days after.
We ordered a couples meal, since it sounded like plenty of food for three people. But then Sarah got up to use the restroom. While she was gone, the waitress brought out the plates of nigiri. Me and Veronica sat for a moment staring from the platters to each other. Then we both said, "I don't want to share." So we ended up each taking a platter and ordering one more for Sarah.
I don't want to share....
You wanna lose them fingers?
After sushi, we grabbed some honey ice-cream and sat at the beach, enjoying the view of the bridge. Then it was time to head back to Chuncheon. The only shame was that we didn't see more of Busan but I definitely plan to go there again as soon as I get a chance (maybe during a longer weekend).
Honey ice-cream is the sheesh.
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