Lotus Lantern Festival

 The parade was a much more solomn occasion this year, following the recent Sewol ferry tragedy.  It was without the traditional festive music and dancing that usually accompanies this celebration.  Many lanterns were lit in rememberance of those who lost their lives.  The whole country is truly suffering and devastated over this unbelievable loss.  South Korea seems like such an advanced country until something like this occurs.  We have prayed much for the families and had many great discussions about personal responsibility, good judgment, preparation, and sacrifice.  Hopefully valuable lessons are being learning all across the board.

We wondered what we would do without camping chairs, but they had lots of chairs set up along the road sides, especially for tourists.  We had great seats.