I’m back to posting, after a very satisfying Golden Week. Each day was relaxing, reading, drinking, eating, and taking things slowly. So nice. The next long holiday isn’t until July, so I’ll have to make do with some shorter holidays between now and then.
Yesterday was my first day back at work in about 10 days, so it was a slow start. My students were also adjusting to speaking English again – it wasn’t just me. Hopefully by the end of today we’ll have our momentum back and be able to start making progress soon.
One of the things that I did during the long holiday was make a trip to Osaka to run some errands, and check out the newly opened (and much bigger) Osaka station. The station has been open for train business all along, but the buildings and shopping centers in the same building have been completely remodeled, and there were plenty of people there when I went. Luckily I went on a day that wasn’t an official holiday, and didn’t have to fight quite as many crowds. The place looks great, and it is much easier to navigate – I don’t go to Osaka often but I was able to quickly move through the station to my destination. Much better than the underground and overpasses that characterized the old station.
I’m off to work, but I’ll try to keep up the recaps of Golden Week this week.
