Up and Away

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Another weekend of Sports Days (this time it was the Elementary schools, so I didn't get to participate). First a wine and cheese night at my house Saturday night with some fellow JETs. We enjoyed a fine meal at the local "Betty Crocker" restaraunt on the ocean, then hung out at my flat for some wine and cheese. Not exactly fine wine or the greatest cheese. It's hard to find good cheese on Shikoku. The Hokkaido versions of Camembert just don't quite cut it, and leave the party cutting more cheese later in the night. Sorry, bad joke. But true.

Sunday I burned my cheeks watching the Hojo Elementary School Sports Day. The relays were the best. Some of the first graders would forget to hand off the baton creating complete confusion in the race. Kawai!!! (so cute). It was nice to introduce myself (or at least my face) to some of the students I will be seeing this coming Wednesday during my first visit to that school.

I can't keep off the new bike. Another day trip. This time to explore the mountains behind my apartment building. I followed the river I run along up past Tateiwa, my mountain elementary school, and kept climbing for 2 hours. I was hoping to reach the satellite tower I can see from my flat at the top of one of the peaks but I ran out of gas. I still need a little more practice. But the scenery was amazing anyways, and its always fun to explore new routes. The ride home of course only lasted 30 minutes and I rode the brakes the entire way. A great day up in high altitudes...

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Photos

Climbing...
Starting to run out of gas in the mountains.

Shikoku's fall colors
The leaves haven't started changing yet, but these amazing red flowers just popped out everywhere!

Comments

[Aubrey]

yay, travel blog!
loved to hear and SEE what you have been up to! miss you and glad to hear that all is well!