【生徒より】12th and 13th September

At around 8 p.m., we met our host family. They were very friendly and cheerful, and we enjoyed talking with them. Their dog, Matty, was very cute! For dinner, we had pizza and salad with tea. Everything was delicious.

The next day, we went to a farm together. I fed many kinds of animals, and the little sheep were especially cute! I also played with the children at the farm park and enjoyed going on a swing for the first time in a while.

In the evening, we ate pasta, garlic bread and salad on the veranda. Afterwards, I saw many stars in the sky. They were much clearer than the stars I usually see in Japan.

I realised that we are all looking up at the same sky, whether we are in Japan or Bury St Edmunds. Although we speak different languages and live far away from one another, the stars shine above all of us. During the rest of the study tour, I would like to enjoy each activity, communicate actively with local people and use what I learn in the future.

今日の8時ごろにホストファミリーと対面しました．とてもフレンドリーに話かけて下さり，僕たちも楽しく会話できました．ホストファミリーの家にいる犬が，とてもかわいかったです．夜ごはんには，ピザとサラダを食べました．食事と一緒に紅茶を飲んでとても幸せな気分になりました．次の日，僕たちはホストファミリーと牧場に行きました．牧場では，いろいろな動物たちにエサをあげました．特に，小さな羊がとてもかわいかったです．エサをあげた後は，牧場の公園でホストファミリー先の子供と遊びました．ブランコにひさしぶりに乗ったのが思い出です．帰ってからは夜ご飯をベランダで食べて，そのあと，満天の星空を見ました．やはり星空は美しいです．日本よりきれいな星空でした．私たちが今イギリスにいようが日本にいようが，どこにいようが，見上げる星だけは，いつでも，誰にとっても変わらずそこにあり続けていることを実感しました．言語も距離も飛び越えて，すべての人の頭上で等しく輝く星は，人類が共有する最高のロマンなのだと感じました．ここからのイギリス研修の活動も，楽しみながら，積極的に現地の方と交流しながら学んで，今後につなげていきたいです．