Yesterday was the first snowfall of winter here in Leeds, and it really set off the Christmas vibe for the next three weeks. I'm finished school until January 4th, with a full time teaching position at Airedale High School & Arts College. Set in the olde English mining town of Castleford, Airedale High boasts a pleasing backdrop of rolling Yorkshire hills, quaint brick houses and cobblestoned roads, and a gigantic power station that spews billowing clouds of steam across the modest landscape.I've got plenty to do this break. Tomorrow is my friends' sixth annual Christmas party in Vancouver (I will be attending via webcam like I did in South Korea, although unfortunately this year I'll have to start drinking at 8am), and I've got Christmas in Meltham and New Year's Eve in Belfast to look forward to.
Additional: Angie from Calgary was lovely enough to send me a hand-knitted festive scarf and Vancouver 2010 mittens! Look at me in all my Christmas splendour. It's the clothing equivalent of mince pies.
You may have noticed I'm holding a giant icicle in my hands. The untouched natural beauty of it is pictured below, before I snapped it off that drainpipe.
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