Hey everyone!
It's getting heaps cold over
here and knowing that it's summer in Australia, I wish
I could just hop onto a plane and fly back to Sydney
for summer....I MISS THE BEACHES!
I got an email the other day
from my friend Morgen who is currently in Austria
doing an exchange and I just thought I'd just do a
little comparison between Austria and Gifu.
"I run most days by the
Danube. The trees are still dropping their autumn
leaves and we only had the one bout of snow so it is
really beautiful. As you run along there are bridges
every 500 or so metres and in the last week the
Christmas lights have gone up....It feels as if you
have stepped into a fairy tale....The rathaus is all
lit up and it has a Christmas countdown on it. It
looks like a palace out of a Disney movie. You could
not imagine how beautiful it really is."
To the surprise of many people,
I too run *ah-hem* I mean jog most days, heheh ok
you can stop laughing now...come'on get off the
floor and back onto your seat...AnyHOO...
This is the scenery I get to run
past most mornings - rice paddies, convenience
stores, more rice paddies, Pachinko parlors, the
"Okyot Club" (a Phillipino hostess club),
some more rice paddies, more pachinko parlors, did I
mention rice paddies? and then lastly along
the river which on a really good day you may find a
turtle swimming in it and if you are REALLY lucky you
may be able to fish out a bicycle.
Morgen....I'm SO JEALOUS!!! The
Danube! Is it BLUE?
On another note, I went to see
"Kohyou" (the changing of the colour of
leaves) last weekend with some friends. Here are some
photos I took.
Till next time!
Love Jo
