Usually this is the time when I post a bunch of vacation recaps, lots of pictures, and thoughts on our summer travels. Because of the coronavirus things didn’t work out like that, but we did manage to have a very pleasant holiday at home nevertheless.
Kuniko was able to do work for the first week of the holiday, but since I had arranged my class schedule all the way back in January it was a pain to ask all my students to reschedule their classes – so in the end it was easier to just take the time off and relax. I’ve certainly got more than enough vacation days stocked up.
The time off was punctuated with some big events – we had the neighbors over for a Korean dinner, we had Yoshi, Mamiko and Akira over for another Korean dinner, we held two Italian wine tastings (Aglianico from Basilicata, and whites from Campania). In between we were busy in the kitchen. We made savory crepes with pork BBQ, sticky oven-baked spare ribs, gazpacho, Chinese beef stir fry in lettuce bowls, Du Puy lentils, rich tomato sauce with meatballs, and grilled mini-burgers (sliders?). It was good summer eating.
Now we are back at work, and the next holiday on the horizon is a 4-day weekend at the end of September. It is looking like we won’t be able to travel at the end of the year, so we’ll just have to hold out a little bit longer and hope for some relief in 2021… it is tough but we’ll be ready to fly whenever it seems safe!
