We headed to a demi-pair family’s farmhouse. It’s about an hour and a half’s drive from where we live now. Traveling long distances on a road trip reminded me of the times I traveled with my own family. I brought origami paper, so the child and I played together and made airplanes and shuriken, which he enjoyed. There were no houses or shops around the farmhouse; it was all crops, animals, and nature. They showed me a baby horse that had been born about three days earlier. It was a valuable experience to interact with animals closely and pick fruit. My host parents were renovating the house, so I spent the whole day playing with the child. We played store, pretended play, mysterious car race, played outside, and played dominoes. When I was an au pair, I mainly watched the girls, so playing with the boys was quite different. It was interesting. The child and I watched the horse caretaker come over, washing buckets and feeding the horses. As we were doing this, the sun went down, and the sunset sinking between the mountains in the middle of nature was truly beautiful. After dinner, we went outside and, because it was dark all around, we were able to see lots of stars. There was a snake on the balcony, and it was probably the first time I’d ever seen one in the wild. We ended the day playing board games together as a family. It was a bit tough not having Wi-Fi, but I think it was an incredibly great experience.
デミペアファミリーのファームハウスへ向かった。今住んでる場所から車で1時間半くらいのところ。長距離を車で移動して出かけるのは、自分の家族と出かけた時を思い出す。折り紙を持っていっていたので、子どもと一緒に遊んで、飛行機や手裏剣を作ると喜んでくれた。ファームハウスの周りには家や店が何もなく、作物や動物、自然ばかりだった。三日前くらいに馬の赤ちゃんが生まれたと見せてくれた。めちゃめちゃ近くで動物と触れ合ったり、実ったフルーツをとったり貴重な経験ができた。ホストペアレンツはハウスのリノベーションで私は子どもと一日ひたすら遊んだ。お店屋さんごっこに謎の車の戦いごっこ、外で遊んだり、ドミノで遊んだり。オーペアしてた時は女の子を主に見てたから、男の子だと遊び方が大きく変わった。それはそれで面白い。馬のお世話をしている人が来て、バケツを洗ったり、餌をあげたりするところを子どもと2人で見ていた。そうしてるうちに日が沈み、大自然の中で山と山の間に沈む夕陽がほんとに綺麗だった。夜ごはんを食べて外に出ると、周りが暗いから、たくさんの星を見ることができた。バルコニーには蛇がいて、野生の蛇を多分初めて見た。ファミリーみんなでボードゲームをして遊んで1日が終わった。Wi-Fiがない環境が少し辛いけど、めちゃめちゃいい経験だと思う。
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