Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Greece- travel back in time and 4 Shooting stars!   ギリシャータイムトラベル&流れ星4個!!


I woke up 7 for breakfast at 7:30- and we went out around 8:30… walked to the train, and headed for Athens. It took about 30 minutes, but during this time we lost Beth, and it became Bekah, Jay and I for Akropolis.

7時に起きて7時半に朝ご飯、8時半に出発!!電車の駅まで歩き、アテネへと向かう。30分ほどで着いたけど、途中で一人とはぐれちゃって、最終的にはベッカとジェイとアクロポリスへと向かう。


It was a nice walk up the hill, and the buildings were very very cool. It was hard to believe this building was the ones we had all seen in textbooks and history/geography channels growing up, and we got a strange feeling relating the real thing to the fake ones we’ve seen before.

ゆっくりいい感じの丘を上っていくと、昔からの建物が見えてくる。いつかみんなが、教科書や歴史と地理のTVチャンネルでみた建築物が目の前にあると、今までみてきた「偽物」の印象の方が強くて、本物に申し訳ない感覚…でもすごい。


It was quite a strange feeling to realize that it had been there, overlooking the city of Athens for thousands of years and still standing. There were quite a lot of scaffolding and construction tools supporting, but for me the eyes could select what I wanted to see, and all I saw was the ancient structure.

この建物が何千年も、アテネの街を見下ろしながら建っていたんだなぁと思うと、面白い。古くなったパルテノン神殿の建物を支えるため、枠組みが結構の量使われていたけれど、私は見たい部分だけを見るようにして、そうすると、古いそのままの神殿を楽しめた。






We also walked along the ancient Agora where the philosophers orated, such as Socrates. It had a beautiful and calm atmosphere, with ancient ruins lying around, and sitting in the shade there made me think and imagine how it would have been thousands of years ago.

ソクラテスなどの哲学者が演説していたアゴラも歩いてみた。とても落ち着いていてきれいな雰囲気で、遺跡もそこらじゅうに残っていて、そこの日陰に座っていると、その何千年もこんなんだったのかなぁ、と想像しはじめちゃった。


After we decided to get some lunch, and found a lovely casual outdoor sitdown place where we had the BEST greek salad and pork gyros. It was very very yummy and I couldn't have been more satisfied and sleepy and happy at the same time. We just took our time and enjoyed the taste of tasty tomatoes, feta cheese, and olives. Even capers which I thought I didn't like, I loved.

その後は、お待ちかねのランチ!とても可愛らしいアウトドアのところを見つけて、さいっっこうのグリークサラダと豚ギーロスを食べた。とっても美味しくて、あれ以上の一度の満足感と幸せと眠さはなかったと思う。時間をかけて、トマトとかフェタチーズとか、オリーブを味わった。前、苦手かな?と思ったケーパーも、大好きだった。






After the delicious meal we made our way to the Syntagma square, where they do the changing of the guards, and that was very entertaining. The guards had a specific way of walking, like horses, and it was amusing. We then headed to find a café to sit in, and I had some frappe, and made a call home. It was so nice hearing mamapapas voices, and it felt nice to hear and find out things that have been going on at home. Mama had found blogs from people onboard and knew the things that were going on onboard.


美味しい食事の後は、シンタグマ広場での衛兵交代にむかう。衛兵たちの歩き方は馬を思わせる独特なもので、とても面白かった。その後は、カフェにすわって家に電話をする。
ママパパの声を聞けてすごく嬉しくて、家でなにが起こっているのかを聞けるのは楽しかった。ママは、ピースボートに乗っている人のブログを見つけていて、私が話すイベントの事を全部もう知っていた。


We slowly headed back to Piraeus, and rushed back once we were at the station because we wanted to get the boat food. We made it! I took a shower after dinner to clear out my yucky hair from the dust in Akropolis.

ゆっくりピレウスへもどったけど、駅からは猛ダッシュ:船に戻って夕飯を食べたかったから。ぎりぎりセーフ!夕食のあとは、アクロポリスの砂埃を落とすためにシャワー。

I stayed up on top deck after the Departure ceremony that night and saw a planetarium above- all for the few people that were up there. It was the most stars I have seen throughout the voyage. There were so many stars and we saw 4 shooting stars while we were out, so it was nice sharing that moment together. It was way past my bedtime, but I think it was worth it!!

出港式のあと、トップデッキに残って人と話していたら、見上げると空がプラネタリウムになっていた。そこにいた数少ない人たちの独り占め。船旅を振り返っても、一番星がみえた夜だとおもう。すごーい数の星で、そこにいる間4個もの流れ星も見える。それを一緒に体験できたことに感謝。寝る時間はとーっくに過ぎていたけど、価値あり!!

*not my photo, just an idea to show what it may have looked like :P
*これは私の写真じゃなくて、こんな感じだったかも、っていうのを見せるためね:P


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