Summer?

Has Spring finished already? My taekwondo master says Spring is over and we are now in Summer and it's hard to disagree. Even though it's set to rain a little this week we've seen some glorious weather over the last few days with temperatures around 28°C. With blue skies, no clouds and a nice breeze this is some seriously great weather. It's a great time to be outside but sadly in the coming weeks it will change from warm to very hot and go up to 38°C or so and get very humid. My mood changes in the Summer months but this is my final one here so I'm trying to stay positive and think of some exciting things that are going to happen. So how long till Autumn, about four months? Can't wait.

The beast is awake

The strangest Spring in all of my time in Korea. Temperatures hit 24°C as today brought fantastic weather to what was predicted to be a lousy grey week. Sweating for the first time in a while in the taekwondo dojang on Monday and Tuesday I could tell that this week was significantly more humid as well. And despite all this, one Korean teacher covered herself with a blanket today in the office. If she was cold today I suggest she goes to a doctor and gets her blood checked out because she must be more reptile than human. It's still only April but Summer is coming.

Evidence of Spring

Finally some welcome sunshine today. I have been waiting for blossoms to emerge around the are where I live and today caught a sight of Spring. The weather forecast says the temperature will go down a little next week so I'll be enjoying it while it lasts. The weather has been strange lately, rain, snow, intermittent sunshine and grey skies. It almost feels like home.

It's snowing again in Korea

A few weeks ago we had bright sunshine and temperatures in the mid teens. Ever since then the weather has regressed back to Winter with more rain than is seasonable. I opened my window today to find snow. It's March 10th and its snowing. Snow in Daegu is rare. Snow that sticks is even rarer and thankfully it's already melting but leaving us awash with grey sludge. Spring officially starts on March 20th but that looks a long way off right now. Just what is going on with the weather and is Spring ever going to come? Here are some pictures that I took on the way to taekwondo.

Spring splendor

In Daegu the weather is glorious at the moment. My favourite season is in full swing with blossoms on the trees. Right now I feel like a college student on Summer break with free time to spend or waste as I see fit. So not much has changed there then. Time to get out there.

Spring is the shortest of seasons in this city and the temperature has been rising steadily this week. In the office yesterday a few people said it was hot. Perhaps not quite, but I'm pretty sure we are set for six more months of warm, then very hot weather before September starts to cool us down. Winter seems only days away but the air conditioning may come on any day now. Here are some photos of my neighbourhood.