Bitesize Writing を始めた！ 躓いても転ぶだけ。

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I used Google Translate.

This is not a first time to use that.

I always can’t use it correctly.

I make strange letter with Google Translate.

So I prefer to write on my own even if it's not a good letter.

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I had a son and a daughter too.

both grown-up now.

the daughter followed her big brother everywhere.

Old video recording shows the daughter mimicking everything the brother did.

Now she thinks her brother was her biggest influence in those days.

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And I wonder why 多くの children want to get on a high place and walk?

不思議

But I did. Haha.

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It was raining in the morning.

I looked out the window of my room.

The road was wet.

I couldn’t hear the sound rain falling.

Falling not hardly.


I like rain.

I feel mother nature with rain.

I feel being in a deep forest.

Wet greens with the sound.

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There are many 鯉のぼり swimming in the sky.

鍾馗様、五月人形 are put up in the mall.

It's too hot today.

It's going to be May.

And going on GW in JPN.

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I bought a gashapon.

Gundam gashapon.

There was letterly a toy of Gundam in a plastic capsule.

I haven’t been watching any series of Gundam.


The capsule said to me, "get me out."

"You can rescue me."

"Do you have 300 yen?"


Actuary I rescued it, didn't buy.

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It was a short trip.

Not even two weeks.

But a minor vacation.

the longest holiday in three and a half years!

First my wife and I landed at Heathrow.

Went to Oxford right away.

Stayed at our friend's house for four days.

got together with friends everyday.

Then moved to Cambridge by train via London.

stayed at another friend's place for one night.

That's it for today.

続くかも！

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After England my wife and I took Eurostar to Paris.

Gare de Nord!

The railway station Monet painted in his impressionist picture.

Again we stayed in our friend's apartment near Bastille.

For four days!

walked around paris a lot.

walked through four or five passages.

they are narrow alleys with roofs.

lined with small shops and restaurants.

very intimate, made me want to stay for several days

just to while away days in bookshops, cafes and bistros.

I wanted to visit a library but couldn't.

The library we had in mind was closed.

But we visited a quaint booshop by the name of Shakespeare & Company.

The shop is housed in a half-timber building.

You can see it on the Google map.

Search for <paris Shakespeare and Company> .

There are photos of the shop's inside and outside.

All English books.

There were pictures of Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald.

They were among those arty people who frequented the place.

Must have been a 'get-together' place for the English speaking residents.

That's it for today.

続くかも・・・

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So where was I?

Yes, I was in Paris, enjoying old bookshop building.

My wife and I went to Rouan after three days in the French capital.

Rouan is famous for its old houses from more than five centuries ago.

It's also well-known because Joan of Arc was burnt in the town square.

You can still see the rocks that held the 杭 she was tied to.

Weird feeling when I tried to imagine the moment.

Because we were going home the next day, we went crazy.

We had an expensive meal in the most famous restaurant in Rouan.

It was good.

Well worth the price we paid.

Took a long time finishing the lunch too.

The next day, we went back to our friend's apartment to pick up our luggage.

Then took a bus to go to the airport.

Boarded the plane on time.

And I had the longest sleep ever on an airplane!

Probably five or six hours.

Or maybe more.

Because i didn't watch a film through to the end.

That was a first.

I have fear of flying.

The first few time I took a plane to and back from England, I didn't sleep at all.

For over thirty hours!

(I always flew cheap, you know.

Pakistan Air, which made many stops over all Asia.)

That concludes my report.

Thanks for reading.

If you have a question about the trip, feel free to ask at my usual contact addresses.

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Jet lag has finally gone away.

The new book is on its way to the printer.

It's due out in July.

Four people from the NPO lent a hand in making it possible.

It's going to be an excellent guide book to Tadoku.

I am back to writing my own book.

Slowly my head is being filled with the new book again.

I write it in the bath tub.

and I write it in the Starbucks cafe in Kunitachi.

It's going to be an uphill struggle for several months.

Can I ask you to wish me luck?