The Lantern Festival marked the 50 day countdown to the 2010-2012 visit Korea campaign - over 10,000 lanterns from over 20 countries worldwide were lit to signify 'hope and friendship', and placed along the Cheonggyecheon stream.
We went on the final evening..and so it was packed! Korea can be overcrowed at the best of times, so thousands of people all getting to the same stream meant lots of queing and adjima-shoving, but all in all, once you were down by the water it was a beautiful sight.
Even so, the Korean winter has now and truly set in, and so hats, gloves, scarves & warm clothes were needed! So we all went for a nice warm dinner. How are we gonna cope for the next 4 months.....
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