Summer Adventures: Dinner with a friend

My friend M used to work at the bank in town, but she moved a couple of years ago. She was back to fill in for someone, so she asked if I wanted to go out for dinner. 

Mちゃんは前時に町の信金に働いた。最近もう１日に信金で働いたから、一緒に晩御飯へ行った。

We decided to go out to Lake Kanayama first, because the day before, I had seen pictures on a friend's Facebook page and the flowers were still gorgeous. 

最初に金山湖へ行った。前の日に友達のFacebookできれい花の写真を見た。

Unfortunately, the photos must have been taken more than just a day before. The sunflowers were rather sad. 

でも、前の日に写真を撮らなかったかもしれない。ひまわりはかわいそう。

The lavender was still purple, but at the end of it's time. 

ラベンダーはむらさきけど、明るくなかった。

After the lake, we decided to go out for dinner at a cafe called Berries. It's a cute little shop, in the middle of nowhere. 

湖の後にベリーズカフェへ行った。田舎にかわいい店。

Their menus are super cute. 

メニューもかわいい。

When we got there, there was no one in the cafe. 

着いた時にだれもいなかった。

I love their big windows. 

このカフェの大きい窓が大好き！

We ordered the Paella. It came with a bit of bread and a salad. 

パエリアにした。パンとサラダとあった。

Also, bright red tomatoes. 

そして、明るいトマトがあった。

This was the paella. It was full of veggies and seafood. 

これはパエリア。野菜と海戦がいっぱいあった。

Afterwards, we decided to get dessert. They had all kinds of fresh berries topping and in the ice cream. 

パエリアの後にデザトーを食べた。たくさん生ベリーズがあった。

M and I. 

Mちゃんと私。

An afternoon with a friend

Last week, my friend Mayumi invited me to go out to lunch. She used to work at the bank, in town, but she moved to another branch nearby a couple of years ago. I’ve seen her a couple of times since for choir activities, but not very many times.

先週にまゆみと昼ご飯に行くのが決めた。彼女は２年前に同じ町に仕事をしたけど、　引っ越した。その後あまり会えなかった。

Today I met her near her house and we drove into Furano for lunch.

今日まゆみの家の近いに会った。富良野で昼ご飯を食べた。

We went to a nice restaurant called Le Chemin.

このレストランに行った。（たぶん正しいローマ字ができない）。

This is the building. I liked the red door.

この建物。赤いドアが好き。

A photo of us. Unfortunately, I forgot that when I hand my camera to someone who’s not used to an SLR, I need to set it to dummy mode, so that it takes care of all the settings. We’re slightly out of focus, but the guy behind us is in perfect focus.

私たち。　店員が撮った。　でも、一眼レフがあげる時に簡単モードに変われば良かった。　後ろの人はピントを合わせる、私たちじゃない。

This was the appetizer. It was pretty yummy.

これはアピタイザー。　美味しかった。

The next course was potato soup.  The cup was so tiny.

次のコースはスープ。　コップはとても小さかった。

Mayumi caught me photographing the main course.

まゆみは私がメインの写真を撮った時に写真を撮った。

Here’s the result. Don’t the meat and veggies look amazing? (Yes, dad, it’s steak)

結果。　美味しそうだよね？

Tiramisu and apple ice cream for dessert. Yum!

デザトーはティラミスとりんごアイス。　おいしかった！

After lunch, we went to a nearby onsen. It was so nice and relaxing.

昼ご飯の後に温泉に行った。

We decided after that onsen is always best when followed by ice cream, so we headed to the Furano Cheese Factory. I’d never been. We got to peek in the windows for the factory, but since it was Saturday afternoon, not a lot was happening.

私たちは温泉の後にアイスが最高が決めたから、富良野チーズ工場に行った。私は行ったことない。

Here’s Mayumi with her grape and pumpkin ice cream.

まゆみはぶどうとかぼちゃを食べた。

I got Haskap and Cheese – I figured it would be like Haskap cheesecake.

私のはハスカップとチーズ。ハスカップのチーズケーキ見たいことが考えかた。

We talked about my love of big windows both there and at the onsen. I love being able to look out and see what’s happening outside. The cheese factory had a giant window that allowed us to glimpse a bit of the blue sky while it was visiting.

大きい窓が好きから、温泉と工場で話しました。　外を見えることが好き。　少し青空が見えた。

In the distance you can see Furano’s Ski Resort. Closer, you can see bits of green! That means spring is coming!

富良野スキー場と緑が見えた。だから、春が来る！

Here’s my new friend, Ms. Cow.

新しい友達は牛さん。