Winter has officially arrived. On my preschool classroom wall there hangs a canvas board full of pockets that allow students to talk about the date, days of the week, weather, and seasons by placing appropriate cards in the corresponding pockets. On Monday morning one of my little students presented his reasons for wanting to change our season card from Fall to Winter and, after a class vote, we changed the card. How fitting, since on Wednesday we had our first snowfall (see right) and the temperatures have continued to drop ever since.
Last night I ventured out into the bitter 18 degrees F weather to see Christmas lights that we were told were located at City Hall. What we found was a huge Christmas tree and very few lights. Frankly, there have been too many disappointing moments in Seoul thus far to elicit excitement from me; of course the lights were lame. However, of the little bit we had to see, they were pretty.
However, after a night of frozen toes, I have kept myself warm in my apartment today. I only ventured out this afternoon to get one my favorite treats, fish bread, to accompany my delicious afternoon Stumptown coffee. After walking around in a big coat and slippery shoes, the latter of which I blame for my embarrassing slip on the ice that sent my feet flying out from underneath me, I found my Kimbop Lady. She is always happy to see me, thus I had to buy lots more fish bread than necessary. Note that there is no fish in this fish bread; it's simply batter filled with sweet red bean.
While my coffee brewed I took my camera and slippers up to the roof to snap a few photos of Olympic Park across the street. The snow is so pretty on the hills of the park.
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