Cooking Class and Soccer

And onto my first post with any substance!

First of all, the past weekend I went on a road trip with the Aomori United soccer team to play in a tournament in Tochigi. The games were fun, though we lost, the weather was nice, and the cherry trees were blossoming. Quite an event.


Here I am looking like a fool on the sideline.


Here is my buddy Dan controlling the ball.


And here is a random guy getting some shade and protecting himself from germs.

And the other event worth reporting -- just today I had a cooking class in Mutsu. My friend TJ puts these on once a month for the community, and this month we used the recipes for empanadas and sopapillas that I got from my host mother when I studied abroad in Argentina. To my suprise, it was a success and all the food came out well. Enjoy the pics.