英会話プライベートレッスン

Hello everyone, this is Anand updating during Golden Week! ?I hope you guys are all enjoying your time off. ?I can’t say my holiday was particularly long, but I still managed to catch up on some much needed studying. ?Yes, I am about as boring as they come. ?On the other hand, I didn’t spend all of my time at home. ?Even a boring guy like me couldn’t help but get out when I heard that there was a Cinco de Mayo festival going on on in Yoyogi Park.

The odd thing about this festival is that it was held on the 3rd and 4th when traditionally it is held on the 5th. ?I mean, the very name “Cinco de Mayo” means “The 5th of May”, when the Mexican forces fought off the French army in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. ?But I guess that Children’s Day is a little more important here, so it was moved over a day. ?I guess it doesn’t really matter here, as long as the tequila is flowing and the tacos are sizzling.

I ate tons, but actually I didn’t end up eating tacos. ?I mostly ate delicious sausages and steak which were being sold in some smaller stands. ?See the trick, I discovered, is that any stand with the word “taco” or “burrito” in it would instantly draw long lines because that is mainly what Japanese people consider “Mexican food”.

But besides food, it is always great to go to these cultural festivals which always seem to be going on at Yoyogi. ?In any case, it was good to get out of the house for even just one day and take a break from which is usually an unending study fest or wave of lesson prep. ?With work starting up again, unfortunately it means I have to get back to those instead.

Let’s hope for another vacation soon.