Life has been very hectic since our arrival here on August 11th. After a few weeks we found a great little apartment not too far from where I am working (a 10 minute walk), and we have been busy over the past couple of months settling into life in Tokyo, and doing exciting things like buying refrigerators, discovering the cheapest place to buy coffee for our moka... important things like that. I have also been very busy working with a class of 28 boys! Anyway, we are both well (well, I am still recovering from the flu) and happy, and we look forward to each weekend so that we can go and explore Tokyo together.
Ale has been very busy organising the garden. Yes, we have a 50sqm apartment (2 levels - mezzanine floor - very cool), AND a tiny garden... that was more like a jungle when we first moved into the place! One afternoon I returned from work to find Ale wrestling with roots and weeds and vines and very scary-looking insects... he removed all the foliage by hand to leave just the dirt and rocks... and that night it rained!!! So, after a few days of rain we actually had a rather dirty swimming pool... but then when the sun came out and the ground dried, we quickly paved the space with slate tiles and pebbles to create a peaceful outdoor space for plants, our herb garden, and for us to relax - very zen.
This photo shows Ale in gardening mode, and there are other fun snaps on our Flickr page - enjoy!
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