Another First Day of School

So today I went to my tiny school up in the mountains for my first classes there. It only has forty students, so I was able to meet the entire school in three periods. And the English teacher is really friendly and a big Pirates of the Caribbean fan--so I think we're going to get along great ;)

Today was also the first day I got to each lunch with the students! In Japan, students don't have the option of bringing lunch from home; they all eat the school-provided lunch. And it's healthy stuff too. Today we had fish, rice, miso soup (tofu and seaweed), this noodle thing mixed with mushrooms, and milk. Oh, and an umeboshi, which is this pickled fruit thing that is very, very sour. I think I amused all the students by my reaction too it (which was basically screwing up my face and saying "sour" in Japanese).

And since I only had classes in the morning, I got home by two o'clock. And did laundry. But that's not very exciting, so I won't blog about it ;)

Bonus Pictures: An eating contest at the festival I went to on Saturday in the neighboring town!