Day 5: July 16 (#3)

今日はホームステイバディや友達と湖に行きました。学校が休みになるくらい暑い日でしたが水は冷たかったです。水が冷たいのにたくさんの人が泳いでいるのには驚きました。もうひとつ日本から来た人がみんなびっくりしたのは水は結構汚かったことです。緑色なので泳ぎたくないと口にしてしまいました。でもドイツの人たちは、これは普通のことだし心配はいらないと言っていました。
そのあと友達の家のバーベキューに行きました。食文化の違いを知るのは興味深いことでした。特にポテトサラダです。日本でよく売っているのはマヨネーズで味付けしていますが、ドイツのはポテトはスライスされていて塩コショウとオイルで味付けされていました。バーベキューはとても楽しくお互いにいろんな新しい発見がありました。お互いに覚えたいと思う単語もいろいろと教え合いました。とてもゆったりした良い一日でした。
Today after school I went to the lake with my home stay and friends. It was a hot day because the school was shortened however the water was still cold. So it was surprising to me how many people were swimming in the water even though it was so cold. Another thing that surprised the people from Japan was how dirty the lake was. It was a mucky green and more than once we commented on how dirty the water was and how we would not want to swim in it. However when we did say that the German home stays told us this was normal and that there was nothing to be worried about.
After the lake my home stay and I went to her friend’s house and had a barbeque. It was very interesting to see the difference in the food, especially the potato salad. In Japan the potato salad that you get at the store is mostly mashed up with mayonnaise. However in Germany the potato is in slices and is served in water with some salt, pepper and oil. The barbeque was very fun and we got to learn new things about each other. We also taught each other new words that we wanted to know. Over all the day was a very nice relaxing day.

Madeline