一日目です。
I'm talking about my trip.
April 7th
I set the alarm clock for four o'clock. I left home at 5:20 am to the KAMESATO perking area.
We took a bas at 6:00 am to Narita. That's it. My trip was long-awaited.
We had to transfer at Milan" for Napoli.
We arrived the " SAN GIORGIO" hotel. It took a whole day to got there.
From the time I left my house to the time I arrived there.
I knew Napoli was dirty and this really was true in the case.
April 8th
I got up at 5:45, I was looking out the window. But it was just before dawn and the light was poor.
To my surprise, window guards (shutters) were put on all of the windows.
Napoli is in a high crime and dangerous area. I peeked through a gap in the window.
In the morning we visited the Island of Capri then we changed ships two times
and then we took a boat. We saw the Cave of blue. It was a spectacular sight.
We came back to the hotel at 5:30. I drank Japanese Sake with my friends.
I brought 10 box of Sake (180 cc)
今晩は、この間英語教室で先生がＧＷ week 若者が仕事して年寄りが
休日を楽しむ Old week と言ってました。
タツさんごめんなさい 越冬できませんでした。６row サンはどうかな？
我が家より上・・ですから・・どう？？６row さん？？
April 9th
In the afternoon we arrived the trulli of Alberobello. I want to go there.
Pretty houses were standing there. They were made by piling up lime stones in the shape of
a cone dome. I saw it many times in travel catalogues.
After supper we took a ferry from Bari to Dubrovnik. There were four people to each room.
We had bunk beds, it was uncomfortable. I couldn't sit up in bed.
We shared the room with another couple from our group.
I was worried I don't sharing a room with strangers.The man had long hair and his clothes were
dirty and smelled bad.
When an earthquake comes ,My house shook badly during the eartquake
So I still got up at time , I figured out the answers to the crossword puzzle.
I went to bed 3:00 pm. Now I'm too sleepy...
April 10th
We had breakfast in the ferry. We arrived in Dubrovnik at 7:00 am. Dubrovnik is called the Pearl of the Adriatic.
There is a walled town. When we arrived there it was sprinkling. But the rain had stopped soon. I was relieved.
In 1979 Dubrovnik was placed on the World Heritage list. Croatia declared it's independence from Yugoslavia
in 1991. The old part of the town was damaged during the war for independence. Dubrovnik was exposed to risk
to being removed from the W.H. list. In 1994 it was re-in scripted to the list.(Dubrovnik was put back on the list)
Now it has recovered from a blow. We had 30 minutes free time. We got a view of the whole city from the castle wall.
After lunch we went to Montenegro.We visited a fortified city Kotor. It was a half day trip.
After dinner we had a drinking party in my room with mi friends. We stated at the ASTAREA HOTEL in Croatia.
April 11th
We drove to Split from Dubrovnik, it took about 5 hours and 230 km.
We saw some coastal towns and a coastal landscape whole driving.
We engaged in animated conversation with my friends on the bus some times
we laughed so hard that tears came out. We stopped for lunch.
In the afternoon we arrived Split. Then we visited Dioklecijanove palace.
We saw Stolna crkve (Cathedral) and palace.......
When we went to the palace, there was a wine tasting party.
Our tour attendant was interviewed by the Croatia's TV news reporter.
We appeared on the program. The program interviewed our group about wine tasting party.
Then I and some friends climbed the flight of about 100 steps of Cathedral .
(We climbed the Cathedral giving a sweeping view the whole town)
We arrived the Marjan hotel. After dinner we went out to an old town.
We took a coffee break. We enjoyed the town a lot.
April 12th
It was a cloudy morning with a threat of rain. We drove to Plitvice Lakes National park.
As we approached our destination it began to rain. It rained off and on all day I was disappointed.
There has 16 lakes including all sizes and 92 falls, The natural scenery was so beautiful that it could
have been a painting. After that we drove over the border between Croatia and Slovenia.
In the evening we arrived Ljubljana. We arrived the Mantova hotel.
We had some trouble at the hotel. We had to change rooms, My husband and I each had our own room.
We didn't tell anyone. We kept it a secret!
ニューヨーク、ワシントン間のアムトラックはなんとか乗れました。
切符は前日買いましたが、当日でもOKみたいです。アメリカ横断鉄道
のようなものを想像していましたが、日本の新幹線のようなもので、
ビジネス特急といったところです。自由席でした。一見電車型に見え
ましたが先頭に大きい電気機関車が付いていたのでこれで引っ張って
いたのでしょう。トップスピードは２００以上は出ていると思います
が継ぎ目無レールで、走行はかなり静かでした。
静かといえばたまたま乗り込んだ車両がQuiet Carというもので
Please refrain from laud talking or using cell phone in the car.
というボードが下がっていました。にもかかわらずあちこちでビジネス
マン風がパソコンを打ちながら大声で独り言を言っています。良く見たら
携帯電話をフリーハンド型にして使っていたのでした。これがQuiet Car
でなかったらもっと煩いのでしょう。帰りもQuiet Carにしました。
終わった・・！
April 13th
We visited Lake Bled and Postojna Caves in Slovenia. We left the hotel at 8:00 am.
And then we drove to Lake Bled. The lake looked mysterious (cloaked in mist)
I took thousands of photographs. After lunch we went to Postojna caves It is one of Europe's largest limestone cave.
Each year it visited by 8 hundred thousand of people from around the globe.
In the evening we passed over the border between Slovenia and Italy and then we arrived Trieste.
We arrived the Impero hotel, it was center of city. As soon as we arrived there, we went to on a walk with our
bus driver in the city. The whole city was beautiful!! and sky color was beautiful.
Then we went out for our last dinner. This trip, I met a whole variety of people and I met Yoko she will be
my best friend. I had a joyful occasion.
April 14th,15th
We arrived in Narita at 9:30 am. on May 15th We took a Azarea bus to Maebashi.
We stopped at my son's house on the way home.
when we arrived my son's house my grandchildren played in this park. when my grandson saw me he jumped up on me.
I'm still a little tired from the plane trip, but I had so much fun and a great time on this trip.
End
>>226 ろこさんの11日の日記のengaged in animated conversation の部分が
私にはなじみのない表現だったので外人に聞いてみたところ次のような返事
がきました。
The first sentence should (or could) read: " We drove from Split to
Dubrovnik which took about five hours for 230 km. ", or, using a
semicolon, "We drove from Split to Dubrovnik; it took about 5 hours
for 230 km."
The next sentence might be: "We saw some coastal towns and
landscapes while driving." -- No need to use the same adjective
twice if it applies to both objects --
Following: "We engaged in animated conversation with my friends
on the bus; at times we laughed so hard that tears ran down our
cheeks." The use of the semicolon saves this from being a run-on
sentence -- She was probably trying to approximate the common
expression "tears ran down our cheeks"-- A lower class version
of this is "I laughed so hard I peed my pants!" which is often used
by women with, maybe, a little less education but a good ability to
enjoy merriment --
