South Korea with Iris

In Korea, there are numerous festivals throughout the year, but I particularly love flower festivals. Each season brings different blooms , and in Korea, entire fields of these flowers are cultivated, creating picturesque scenes perfect for Instagram photos. Primarily, these festivals are aimed at attracting tourists, but it's hard to convey the emotions and feelings one experiences when surrounded by seas of beautiful flowers. Walking along these fields, you can even catch a faint aroma of the blooms. During the summer, various flowers come into bloom, resulting in a succession of different flower festivals. Among all these festivals, I want to highlight my top 3 favourites. Lotus Festival Firstly, there are the lotus festivals . Their blooming season just started. Did you know lotus seeds can live for over 1000 years? They are probably the hardiest seeds. Additionally, the lotus is a symbol of Buddhism. Honestly, I didn't realize lotus stems could be so...

Each season is unique. Each season has a different beauty. I like spring and autumn because in those seasons the weather is perfect for outdoor activities, like visiting festivals or exhibitions in the open area.  I think I missed a lot of such festivals, such crowded places during the last 2-3 years and everyone knows the main reason for it. Yesterday I showed you the  Lantern Festival  which is still going on here, but it will be over tomorrow, because tomorrow is the Buddha's Birthday, and after it, all lanterns will be demolished. Today I want to share with you another beautiful spring festival that used to be every year here but had to be cancelled the last 2 years in a row. It is an International Flower Exhibition in Goyang city, South Korea. The festival was very short, I think less than a week. And I was worrying that I won't be able to visit it.  First of all, I want to stay it wasn't as awesome as I expected. But considering the current world situation, I t...

Last time we visited Seosan city that was the first destination on my day trip. Today I invite you to continue our tour and visit International Tulip Festival. Location International Tulip Festival takes a place in the big and beautiful Korea Flower Park which is located in Taean-gun. The address of the park is 400 Kkotjihaean-ro, Anmyeon-eup, Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do. The name of the park tells by itself. The park is full of flowers and during the year park government organizes different flower festivals. And one of the most popular festivals is International Tulip Festival Dates Usually, the festival goes on April-May. This year it was from April 9th till May 10th. About the festival Usually, there are plenty of amazing flower exhibitions, activities, stores, and experiences during the festival. However, this year all activities and experiences were cancelled due to COVID-19. BUT! The beauty of the exhibition and flowers covers all these imperfections. More than 200 sorts of tul...