When I start talking about Philadelphia and our days in Philadelphia I just can't stop! Another great thing about Philadelphia beside it's restaurants and shopping options, was the bus service to many places! You might wonder why I'm talking about this today! Well, this is not the first time we went for cherry blossom, we came twice before from philly even before Auripra was born and cherished the natural beauty! Auripra was not there, so of course it was hassle free. However, I believe now, it was more so because we did not drive there.. We took a bus from china town Philly, it was just few blocks from our apartment in center city Philly and we took the last bus literally for coming back! Obviously, we did not realize how much pain it could be to drive to a city during a major festival and look for parking around the festivities! Well we realized that this time! We had super fun, but the crowd and traffic jam was not fun at all!
Anyway, The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington. [source]
Enjoy the pictures of the celebration below.