I experienced my first snowfall on the afternoon of 1 Jan. It was
absolutely magical! Although my Canadian lunch date would - and did! -
disagree. It started as I was nursing a NYE hangover and a nice warm
cup of coffee, back in Gumi after having spent NYE in Daegu with Che,
Ana and the crew over there. I woke up at 10am, alone, in Che's flat - a
little confused and with no recollection of how I got there.
Apparently I did nothing untoward and danced and chatted the whole
night. But, alas, those midnight free shots from the bar stole my
memory - lethal combination of my kryptonite, tequila, and rocket fuel.
But
back to the snow. As David and I left the coffee shop it really
started to come down and I was as excited as a kid at Christmas - I had
actual REAL snowflakes on me! I could see them individually! They are
tiny, but visible to the naked eye, which somehow surprised me. David
took a pic of me standing in the snow, in the middle of the road in down
town Gumi. Then I got on my bus and wished that it would hold up until
I got home. Well, what I got was a veritable blizzard! It was really
coming down and I was very excited to see the sidewalks slowly turn
white. When my bus got to the village of Chilgok-gun I got off and
walked very slowly to my apartment so that I could be as covered as
possible for a picture. Magnificent!
I took a couple of pictures
that first day, but more spectacular was two days later, on Wed the 3rd,
when it started snowing again in earnest in the evening. I took loads
more of the village the next day, everything covered in at least 10cm of
snow and looking beautiful and fresh. Of course, I have also learnt a
number of things about snow first hand: it's slippery as hell! It only
looks as beautiful the first day or two. When it is cold enough the
dirty, half-melted sludgey stuff can hang around there for weeks!
But,
none of this has dampened my spirits! I went snowboarding last
weekend, but that deserves it's one post, so I will add some pics to
this one and call it a night.
<3 <3 <3
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| First snowfall! |
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| The orchards on my way to school |
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| Rice fields in front of Inpyeong Middle School |
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| School sports field and the railway bridge |
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| My street |
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| Beautiful snowy whiteness! |
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| The village just got interesting |
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| Kimchi storage pots in my favourite garden in the village |
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| Inpyeong Middle School |
