Wanderlust: Afternoon Adventures

Now that midterms are over, one of my friends uploaded some pictures from the cherry blossom festival that I'd like to share. Basically, it's a bunch of pictures of me for the sake of any relatives reading this.

Pretty green-ness and a flower ring

Tandem biking along the River Han

In a fountain. It was really too cold for such tomfoolery.

On a Korean swing

Flowers! Oh and some people too.

Kite flying

I heart biking!

Taking pictures of people taking pictures

In front of the National Assembly

Ok. Enough of that. On to another afternoon adventure!
It is quite astounding what all you can discover just going for a walk...
But first, some pictures of campus. The cherry trees are no longer in bloom, but there are a myriad of other bushes and trees that are just as beautiful as the cherry blossoms were.

Purple

On the way to class

Orange

Pink

More pink

The cherry blossom petals like snow on the ground

While going for a walk with Petra and Samantha, we stumbled across a mini forest not too far from campus. It was good to be surrounded by green things and no crowds again, though you could hear the sounds of a freeway and construction nearby. There was also trash everywhere, though this was hardly noticeable if you kept your eyes off the ground (one exception: a soda can in a tree).

Forest path

Green!

Zebra striped violets

We also stumbled across a Korean grave, though the tablet was written in Chinese. The table in front of the mound is used for offerings. During Chuseok (the major Korean harvest festival) and on Lunar New Year, it is common practice to visit the graves of family members with offerings of their favorite foods and fruits and place them on the table.

Gravesite

Flowers growing on the mound

Another grave

As we wandered, we strayed into an area that seemed much more rural than any place I'd been thus far. The streets were narrow, the homes were houses instead of apartments, and there were plots of farm land scattered throughout the neighborhood.