It snowed on Wednesday morning before I woke up...and it was finally cold enough for it to stick. My first day of snow...but definitely won't be my last!
So I spent far too much time in civilization but it was a nice change from the countryside. It's beautiful in a different way, I suppose.
Walking through the streets of Sapporo at night
Phew...I made it back from Sapporo...again! I jumped on the train at lunch time on Wednesday after teaching two classes. Had a lovely 5.5 hour train ride and then a subway ride from the station to my hotel. A beautiful hotel to say the least. I headed back to the station to do some shopping. Finally, our Skype Bible study got together for dinner at a Mexican restaurant. This wasn't like "good for Japan" Mexican food; it was GOOD Mexican food. Such a huge blessing to finally meet face-to-face after almost three months of talking to each other. Thursday's lunch was with other believers (not in our Skype Bible study). There were about 10 of us which, to be honest, was a lot more than I expected. It was nice though to have people to go out with at night that weren't going to be drinking themselves silly and rather enjoying their time in the city/in civilization and with other brothers and sisters.
Odori Park lit up at night (note that the Sapporo Tower clock says 4:50)
To prove I'm still alive...I even got pictures of me!
I also experienced my first snow fall while we were in Sapporo. Thursday it was like being pelted with rock salt...and it turned out to be tiny hail rather than snow. But today, we had snow fall...real snow fall. I was sitting in the hotel restaurant eating breakfast and it felt like I was looking out into a giant snow globe. It was magical!
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