Fall is fully here

Since returning from Osaka we have noticed the complete change of the seasons from summer to fall. The weather has chilled dramatically; we have brought out our jackets and scarves. The trees have burst into brilliant yellows, burnt oranges and deep reds. The beautifully colored leaves have begun to drop to the ground and the wind blows the leaves into brightly colored columns as we walk to school. We kick leaves aside as we walk down the sidewalks to get to the grocery store. Leaves leaves leaves...everywhere. It's nice to experience the change in season, we each have not had such an experience in some time.


The school week started with more tests for the students which means more grading for us. There has been much hustle at school trying to make up for the missed days. We will begin Saturday make up classes next week on November 14th. The rest of November we will have 6 day work weeks to make up for the days missed last week. At least we won't be losing any pay due to the school's closure...but we will be losing our weekends and that is a little sad. We won't be able to adventure as much.

Since it is cooler and we had such a wonderful (but expensive) trip last week in Japan we have been eating in and plan on cooking at home all this week. Not that either of us are really complaining about that, I make sure we eat well, haha. Lots of fresh vegetables are being harvested right now and we have enjoyed all the squashes and greens. We eat six to eight different types of veggies a night, and we couldn't be happier! I've been making lots of curries and I'm looking forward to winter stews and soups. We have yet to try the Korean pork spine and potato stew, but we've been told by friends here that it's amazing, and if it is as good as the spare rib soup we will be delighted.

We hope that the next month doesn't exhaust us too thoroughly and that we are still able to have some fun, but it seems as though busy times are ahead. Here are some pictures of our leaf-filled park and our street and even our work building (the one of the left, you can see the POLY sign on the 7th floor).