Monday Holiday

After our adventures to the Sea of Clouds, K and I went for bagels. Somehow she’d never been to the bagel shop – it’s probably my favorite shop in town.

雲海の後にKとべグルを食べた。Kはべグルの店へ行った事ない。私とてもびっくりだった、大好きな店から。

Of course, we had to peek at the fall colors surrounding the river near the bagel shop.

もちろん、べグルの店の隣の川の紅葉を見た。

We went a little closer to the water.

川の近いへ行った。

We took the road out to see the view. The mountains were gorgeous, but they’re so tiny in this shot. Wide angle didn’t work so well.

眺めを見るのためにこの道路へ行った。山がとても綺麗だったけど、この写真に小さかった。この場合に広角レンズは良くなかった。

After that, we split up for a bit and then met back up for lunch. We went to the café by the lake, Ito-ya, for it’s last day of the season.

それから、家に帰って、昼食に会った。今年の最後の日に湖の近いカフェへ行った。

We had curry, which was perfect for the slightly chilly day.

カレーを食べた。ちょっと寒い日にちょど良かった。

I had chai, of course!

もちろん、チャイを飲んだ！

This is Mrs. I. She always takes good care of us.

この人はIさん。Iさんは私たちがお世話になる。とてもうれしい。

A, K, and I after our fun lunch.

楽しい昼食の後にAとKと私。

It was a wonderful way to spend the weekend after being sick the week before.

前の週に風邪がひいたの後にとてもいい週末があった。

Saturday adventures

On Saturday, I joined my super adorable 1st graders for a noodle-catching game. It was fun, but a bit difficult because my food isn't usually moving when I try to pick it up. 

土曜日に小学校1年生とこれした。楽しかったけど、難しい。だいたい食べる時に私の食べ物を動かない。

In the evening, I decided to ride my bicycle to the lake and have dinner. 

夕方に自転車で湖に食べに行った。

This was the view on the way. 

行く中にこれ見た。

My friend's mom has a restaurant at the lake and her curry was delicious. 

友達のお母さんのレストランは湖である。カレーは美味しかった！

Vegetable curry, so colorful!

野菜カレーは色いっぱいあった。

This was the sky when I got close to home. 

帰る時にこの空を見えた。

Dinner with new teachers

Today, I went out for dinner with two of the new high school teachers.

今日２人の新しい高校の先生と晩ご飯を食べた。

They are brand new teachers, just graduated from college.

今年の前に卒業した。

The one on the right is one of two new English teachers this year.

右のは新しい英語の先生。

This was my dinner! Look at all those bright, colorful veggies!

私の晩ご飯！明るい野菜があった！

It was a lot of fun getting to chat with these two.

話が楽しかった。

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In other news, I had my first English club of the year today! I didn’t know it was even going to continue this year until yesterday.

今日英語の部活がはじめた。　昨日の前続くことが知らなかった。

I have 4 students this year – 3 girls and 1 boy.

今年４人　－　女３人、男１人。

We shared some things about ourselves and then we played Apples to Apples. Best English club game, EVER.

私たちは自分のこと教えてから、「Apples to Apples」と言うゲームをした。　英語の部活に最高ゲーム。

I had fun, the kids had fun and we all finished with a smile. Now I’ve gotta think of something good for next week.

私と生徒は楽しかった。　来週いいアクチビティが考えなければならない。

Photo Challenge Day 20 & 21

March 20: On my feet

What was on my feet yesterday? The camera socks mom gave me! Fitting, right?

March 21: close-up

I procrastinated again. So in looking around my living room for something interesting to photograph, I found my journal. The pages look kinda cool close up and only partially in focus, don’t you think?

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Yesterday was the first day of spring, so we had the day off. So, I went to lunch with my friend Minami. We had hamburg curry. It was yummy.

After lunch, we went for coffee. It was rainy, but warm (5C/40F) yesterday. I was so surprised because we had lots and lots of rain.

It was tons of fun. I also got more work finished on my crochet project. Pictures will be posted eventually, but since it’s a gift for a friend, I want to keep it a secret for now.

After yesterday’s “spring” visit, Hokkaido winter decided it wanted to show us who’s boss. We got 6 inches or so of snow last night and it snowed like crazy all day. I had eikaiwa tonight, or I would have wanted to go out on the ski hill and practice a bit more before it closes on Saturday.

I had my last practice with my high school HEC kids this afternoon. They’re hilarious. One said the other had large eyes and then she decided to use her ruler to measure her friend’s eyes. Between that and a comment about her friend being a fish-pig, we were all laughing so hard. I have such awesome students.

A weekend update

We headed to Obihiro this weekend for the Fall Meet, here is some fun from Instagram!

The photos are not in this order:

Some fall colors near my bagel shop.

Pumpkin soup from the bagel shop

Two crazy friends

Cake!

The ally we walked down before finding dinner.

Pickles that came with dinner.

Today's green curry lunch.