A New Acquaintance

     When I wrote about irori, the Japanese traditional hearth in the previous entry, I didn't have a picture of the irori and looked for it on the internet. Finally, I found one on the net. I liked it and I sent an e-mail to the owner of the website to ask permission to use his picture in my blog. Two days later the reply saying ok arrived.
     I was surprised to see his signature. He was Japanese, but his address was in Chilliwack BC in Canada. There are many countries on the earth. Nevertheless, there's a high possibility that my foreign acquaintances have something to do with Vancouver or BC in Canada. The person who advised me to write this blog for brushing up my English skills was a Japanese pilot who was living in Vancouver.
     It was in Victoria that Mr. Inazo Nitobe passed away, whose writings had inspired me to travel all over the world when I was a university student.
     I'm thinking about my next vacation plan in Canada. My wife and I are interested in a houseboat. I'd like to stay on a lake without doing anything special, just enjoying the time passing. The present first choice is Okanagan Lake, because it is narrow and long. If it was a round lake I wonder if I could easily lose the way.
     Anyway, my life is getting happier.

　前の記事で囲炉裏のことを書きました。その際に利用した写真をネットで探し、使用許可をもらったのですが、その人は日本人でカナダに住んでいるのです。それもバンクーバーから１時間半ほどの場所にある市です。世界には多くの国があるのにどういうわけか僕の知り合いはバンクーバーに関係のある人が多いのです。このブログを英語の勉強のために書いてみろと勧めてくれたのもバンクーバー在住の日本人パイロットでした。
　若い頃、その著書から多大な影響を受けた新渡戸稲造が客死したのもここBC州の州都ビクトリアです。
　今、次の休暇の計画を考えているところですが、妻も僕もハウスボートに興味があります。湖の上で何もせずに過ごしてみたいのです。今のところ第一候補はオカナガン湖です。細長い形なので丸い湖よりは迷子にならずにすむかなと考えています。この湖もバンクーバーのすぐそばにあるのです。
　ま、とにかく、我が人生、ますます面白くなってきました。

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