ミニチュアオランダ：Miniature Holland

Well, I have been churning away at my internship for a month now.  Things are in full swing.  I spend most of my days conducting research and writing memoranda on international humanitarian law.  Some days are more exciting than others, but I really enjoy my job.  I cannot believe that I am already one-third of the way through.

じゃ、私は一ヶ月くらいからインタンシップで頑張っていった。毎日はあわただしい一日だ。国際人道法の念書を研究して書く。時々静かでも、仕事が大好き。まだ三分一が終わったの事あまり信じられない。

At my office we have an espresso machine made by Nespresso. IT IS AWESOME! I had seen it in Boston near Copley square, but had never gone in.  Keurig machines are rather popular in the US, but aside from the ones made by Starbucks, they taste awful. Actually, I still have not tried the actual Nespresso pods, but even the imitation pods are very good.  By being able to make good coffee at work, I am saving a lot of money.  The only thing missing is the ability to make iced coffee.

仕事の事務室でエスプレッソ機があります。Nespressoという。すごい大好きだよ！ボストンで見た事ある。Copleyで店がある。でも、入った事が無い。アメリカでKeurigのカプソルが人気でもスターブックスブランド以外あまり美味しくない。本当のNespressoカップまだ飲んだ事ないけど、偽者も結構美味しい。事務室でいいコーヒーを作れる！沢山お金を貯めている。アイスコーヒーを作る事まだできない。しょがない。

Since coming to Holland, everyday I have been getting up, rushing to work, working all day, coming back to "the castle", eating a bit, and then going to sleep.  I really had not had a chance to explore The Hague.  Nonetheless, my British friend just moved to The Netherlands from Sapporo, Japan to begin graduate school, purely by chance.  Last weekend, he came to visit me in The Hague.  We did a lot of walking!  We visited the various government and UN buildings.  We even went to see the Peace Palace.  On top of that, the weather was finally nice.

オランダ来た以来、毎日起きて、仕事に走って、仕事を頑張って、お城に帰って、ちょっと晩御飯を食べて、すぐに寝る。デン・ハーグまだ探検しない。でも、大学院を入るの為、私の友達も最近オランダに引っ越した。本当に偶然だ。そして、先週末彼はデン・ハーグに来た。沢山歩いた！中央に行った。政府の建物を見た。国連ビルも見に行った。平和宮も見に行った。それもやっといい天気だった！

My friend loves hamburgers, so we went to a burger place.  I ate too much, but it was really good.  The place is called Burgerz, and its tagline is "Pure Funky Burgerz".  I ordered the "Funky Cheese".  It has spinach leaves, red onions, tomato, blue cheese, grilled bacon, and walnut-honey salsa.  It was really good.  The food is pretty expensive at around 13 Euros for a burger, but it includes fries.  If you are ever in The Hague, I recommend you check it out.

彼はバーガーが大好きから店に行った。美味しかったからいっぱい食べた！Burgerzという店だ。あの店のキャッチフレーズは「プア・ファンキー・バーガーズ」だ。私が頼んだバーガーは「ファンキー・チーズ」だった。それはホウレン草とトマトとレッドオニオンとブルーチーズとベーコンとクルミ蜂蜜ソースがある。美味しかった！食品は結構高い。その店のバーガーは13ユーロです、でもフライドポテト付き。デン・ハーグに来たら、結構おススメ！

The next day, my friend had to return to his university, but before he left, we went to Madurodam.  It is a giant outside park near the beach that houses numerous scale miniatures of The Netherlands.  It was quite impressive and sometimes comical.  The funniest thing would be when real birds would circle or land on the miniatures, making the birds look like a Mothra attack.  I also took the quintessential giant-stomping-on-the-village photo. It was actually a lot of fun!  Afterwards, I went with my friend to the central station to see my friend off.  We finished up with some fries.  I have been trying all of the different sauces since I got here.  They are interesting and will be charted in a later post.

次の日、私の友達は大学院に帰らなければならない、けど出発まえに私達はMadurodamに行った。Madurodamはいっぱいオランダのミニチュアがある大き外な場所だ。結構すごいと面白い。本当の鳥はミニチュアに着陸する時はマスラように事故だった。勿論私は典型的な怪獣の写真を撮った。楽しかった！その後で、友達と一緒に駅に行った。最後に有名なフライドポテトを食べた。段々全部ソースを食べてみた。今度、そんな事を書く。

It was good to see my friend after so many years.

友達に会った良かった。