Floritopia

Brenden's parents came to visit us in early May, and after bringing them to Seosan, we spend a day just exploring Seosan and relaxing, followed by celebrating Will's birthday that night. Their second full day in Korea, we went out to Floritopia, a flower festival on island about an hour away from us. Well, normally, at least, it takes about an hour to go straight there, and we were lucky enough to find that, indeed, because of the festival, there was a bus that went all the way to the festival grounds. Unfortunately, we soon learned that Floritopia is Very Big Deal, and since there is only one bridge (and road) onto the island, the traffic was horrendous, and our quick hour trip turned into 2.5 hours each way. Once we arrived, we were amazed at the size, and we spent 4 hours exploring the exhibits. I was able to use our new camera to capture a lot of close-ups of flowers, and Brenden and Barbara took lots of pictures of the tulips, which were gorgeous (and must have been very, very expensive, given how many of them were there). Below, here are just a few of our favorites: