4月10日(月)ロンドンにてお休み
今日は、インタビューあるはずだったけど、都合で延期になったのでオフ。朝は宿で雑務及びゆっくりしてその辺のものを食べてから午後2時前にりさちゃんと待ち合わせて、大規模ショッピングモールへ行くことにした。
It was planned that we had an interview but it was suspended and it was a day off. I did some to do things and relaxed at the hotel in the morning and bite something. Atsuko and I meet with Risa and went to a big shopping mall from just before 2pm.
ロンドンの地下鉄は深い。
London Tube is running deep underground.
バスと地下鉄を乗り継いで約1時間、目的のモール到着。イースターマンデーの祝日でかなりの混雑。モールに着いてすぐ見えた看板、Ichiba? 市場やん。入ってみよ、と入ったら日本の食品を扱うスーパー兼ミニフードコートだった。まずは腹ごしらえ、と言う事でかぼちゃコロッケカレーを食べた。注文から出来上がりまで、段取りが悪いのか、人手不足なのか小一時間もかかったよ。だけどおいしかった!
We took a bus and subway, tube, arrived at the big mall after an hour. It was so crowded because of it was Easter Monday. Right after we arrived, we found a sign which says “Ichiba”. Wow, it’s a Japanese word which means “market”. We tried to enter there. It was a Japanese market and mini food court. I was hungry and ordered pumpkin croquet curry. It took almost an hour to get food. May be shortage of labors or clerks can’t do things quickly. Anyway, it was delicious.
そこから英国の激安ヤング向け服店PRIMARKへ行って3ポンドでＴシャツ買って、他のお店もちょっと見た。おもちゃ屋さんの前には、客寄せに、衣装着たお兄さんとお姉さん居た。
I went to PRIMARK which is a reasonable price clothes for young people and bought a T-shirt with 3 pounds. And I went to other shops. There were costumed two persons for promotion in front of a toy store.
ポケモンは世界中で人気。
Pokémon is very popular in the world.
クマが寝転んでた。大胆。
Big bears were lying. Why?
2時間後、「市場」に戻り、喉が渇いたのでペットボトルのお茶を買って飲んだ。フードコーナーはもう閉店時間だったので。その他は特に買うものもなかったし、混雑しすぎで疲れた！
そして3人で駅の方に戻ったら、このようなアトラクション施設があったので記念撮影。
2 hours later, all of us gathered at “Ichiba” market and I bought a bottle of green tea because I was thirsty. Food court was closed at that time. I had nothing to buy and so exhausted by crowded stores. Three of us walked to the station. On the way there, there was an attraction. I took a picture.
地下鉄に乗ってバスに乗り換え。途中、地下鉄とバスの乗り継ぎ地点、Finsbury Park駅上のスーパーで買い物。スコーン1個だけ買った。それからバスに乗って帰ってきた。二階建てバスの二階席の1番前は眺めが良くてイイね！鮮やかなハンドル捌きで細い道を通ったり、カーブを曲がったり、ちょっとスリリングだけど。
Took a ride of tube and bus. At the changing station of tube and bus, Finsbury Park, there is a supermarket. We bought something. I bought just one scorn. Then we took a double decker to the hotel. Upstairs seats especially the front seats are good. The view is so nice. It drives through tiny lanes or round about but the driver treat the handle well, it was thrilling, though.
せっかくのお休み、このまま宿に入ってしまうのが勿体ない気がしたので、宿の近くを少し散策して帰った。
It was a rare day off, I didn’t want to go back to the hotel directly. I walked around the neighbors and went back to the hotel.
