The cherry blossoms have burst into bloom, so Justin and I headed to Jinhae (about an hour bus ride from Busan) to check them out with a group of other people from Busan, The Jinhae cherry blossom festival is the most famous cherry blossom festival in Korea. We boarded a very crowded bus that had standing room only! I decided to take a seat on the floor, turns out I must have been right over the engine because the floor was so hot I thought I was going to burn a hole through my jeans. Before hitting the blossoms, we grabbed a bit to eat at Pig Mania!
Grilling up pork ribs!
The blossoms were beautiful, but hard to capture because of the gray sky!
The gang!
Snowing cherry blossoms!
I could not help myself!
Fried sparrow, yummy!
Anyone up for shark?
It was a great day! When we headed back to the bus, there was a HUGE line, about a 2 hour wait to get on the bus, they were not kidding when they said millions attend this festival. Luckily, we had a few Koreans with us and navigated us to the front of the line to board the bus once again as standing room only. Better than the alternative, waiting for 2 hours for a seat and then taking a hour bus back. The cherry blossoms were gorgeous but probably won't last due to the high winds around here so we were happy to see them when we did!
Great pix! What an adventure. Thanks for taking us along.
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