英会話プライベートレッスン

Hi there everyone, I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas! ?I say that knowing that everyone reading this probably had to go to work…At least I am sure everyone is getting ready with their New Year celebrations. ?I decided that I would take advantage of the Emperor’s birthday and the New Year holiday and give myself a nice vacation. ?That means a lot of sitting and relaxing. ?However, for the last three days I have been enjoying myself in Hokkaido! ?I went there as part of a teacher’s trip held every year by young teachers in the Isumi area of Chiba. ?It’s always an honor to go because they don’t usually invite foreigners and because, well, I don’t live in Isumi anymore! ?Even though it was only three days, it was pretty action-packed, so I will split this trip into a few entries.

But anyway, we all had to get to the airport bright and early for our 7:30 am flight. ?That meant I had to leave at 6…and my friends had to leave at 4am! There are definitely benefits to living in the big city! ?Thankfully the flight went smoothly and quickly. ?There were a couple courses we could choose from during the first day, and I chose a sightseeing course. ?We started off at a little resort called North Snowland. ?There we could do some cross country skiing, ride snowmobiles, go around on a horse, or do some inner tubing. ?Here is me posing on a horse.

From there we got to go to this beautiful ryokan with an amazing natural hot spring. ?We were treated to some amazing views while we ate some delicious Japanese food.

From there we got back on the bus and headed towards our last official stop of the day – the Kirin Beer Hall. ?All the teachers gathered here for a night of all you can drink beer and all you can eat lamb. ?I think I enjoyed both a little too much. ?But I enjoyed being with some old friends the most of all.

Next week I will tell you about my poor decision to try snowboarding…

Until then,

Anand