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空港から鉄道は問題なく乗り換えられた。
ここは日本と違って夜の9時半でもこの明るさ、そういえば去年のジブラルタルもポルトガルもそうだった。今日中にオランダまで行けるかも知れないが万が一列車を間違えたり行き違いがあったら途中で野宿する羽目になるので今夜はブリュッセルに泊まるべく宿を探した、空港近くは2万円程の高い宿ばかり、列車で半時間ほどの街の中に行けば5千円程の宿があったので最寄り駅のMidi駅までのチケットを購入した。列車で半時間程らしい。
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I was able to transfer to the train from the airport without any issues. Unlike Japan, it's this bright here even at 9:30pm. Come to think of it,
it was the same in Gibraltar and Portugal last year.
I might be able to make it to the Netherlands today, but if I get on the wrong train or miss a train, I'll end up sleeping outside along the way,
so I looked for a place to stay in Brussels tonight. The hotels near the
airport were all expensive, costing around 20,000 yen,
but I found a hotel in the city center, about a half-hour train ride away,
for about 5,000 yen,
so I bought a ticket to the nearest station, Midi Station. It seems to
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チケットを見せて列車に乗る時に車掌に確認したら大きな駅の三つ目だと言っていたが車窓からの景色だけでは駅の大きさなど旅行者に分る筈がない。
When I showed my ticket and boarded the train, the conductor told me it
was the third large station, but with a view like this there's no way a
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スイスでもイタリアでもヨーロッパは近距離は自転車が主流のようだ。イタリアではホームで自転車に乗ってる人が居たがブリュッセルでは誰も乗ってない。
In Europe, whether in Switzerland or Italy, bicycles seem to be the norm
for short distances. In Italy, there were people riding bicycles on the
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これはローカル線、乗客は増えたり減ったり、でも首都の真ん中を走ってると思うと東京に比べたら客が極端に少ない。
This is a local line, so the number of passengers fluctuates, but considering that it runs through the middle of the capital, there are far fewer passengers than in Tokyo. |
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先程はBrusselの表記だったが私が降りるべき駅名のようだ。ここから見た限りでは何度も止った他の駅と駅の大きさなど全く解らない。
Last sation indicate Brussel but here is Bruxelles it was, the name of
the station where I should get off. From here, I had no idea what other
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列車に乗るときに車掌に確認したら大きい駅の三つ目だと言っていたが窓から見える範囲では駅の大小判断は全くつかない、ミディだからセントラルと勝手に判断すると間違いのもとなので他の乗客にブリュッセルミディと何度も確認し返事を信じて降りてきた。
.When I boarded the train, the conductor told me it was the third "large"
station, but looking out the window, I couldn't tell the size of the stations
at all. Since simply assuming it was "Central" just because it
was "Midi" could lead to a mistake, I repeatedly confirmed with
other passengers that it was indeed Brussels-Midi, and trusting their answers,
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予定通りブリュッセルMidiミディ駅で降りて、スマホのGoogleMapに宿の住所を入れて現在地と比較しながら15分歩いた。ユア
ホステル オーベルジュ ドゥ ジュネス。
I got off at Brussels Midi station as planned, entered the address of the
hostel into Google Maps on my smartphone, and walked for 15 minutes while
comparing it with my current location. |
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宿賃の支払いはネットで予約時に済んでいるのでチェックイン時には宿泊税なる市税の支払いが必要だと。宿の受付はトルコ系かそれとアジア人の血も入ってるの顔のおっさんだったが挨拶程度の日本語は知ってる。こんにちわ、ありがとう、東京にも住んでたと言うが外国人でも彼の程度の日本語は一週間滞在すれば出来る。会話で磯疎通が出来るレベルでなく私の次に来た客を案内するのに日本語が出来ると説明して「こんにちわ、こんばんわ、ありがとうございます」と意味なく発言していた。日本語を知ってる事にプライドを持っているのだろう。
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Although I had already paid the rent online when I made the reservation,
I was told that I would need to pay a city tax called the accommodation tax
when I checked in. The receptionist at the inn was an older man with a
face that looked like he was of Turkish or Asian descent,
but he knew enough Japanese to greet people. He said he'd lived in Tokyo,
but even a foreigner could speak Japanese at his level after staying there for a week.
He wasn't at a level where he could communicate well, but he explained
that he could speak Japanese to guide the guest
who arrived after me, making meaningless remarks like "Hello, Hello,
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ホステルのあるこの地域はアフリカ人ばかりの居住区、床屋は理髪師も客もタンザニアのダルエスサラームの街中より顔色が黒い、食事ができそうな店に入ったがそこも客も店主もアフリカ人だった。小さな店に入ったが店員は明らかに外国人と思われる人々だった。
夕食は持ち帰りの食べ物を買って宿の食堂で食べた。
ホステルでは私は下の段のベッドを予約時にお願いした私のベッドからの景色。
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The area where the hostel is located is an area where only Africans live,
and both the barbers and customers at the barber shop have darker complexions
than the people in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania. We went into a restaurant where we thought we could eat, but
both the customers and the owner were African.
We went into a small shop, but the staff were clearly foreigners. For dinner,
I bought some take-out food and ate it at the hostel's eat table.
At the hostel, I asked for a lower bunk bed.when I reserved by net.
Here's the view from my bed. |
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ベルギーの電源差込口はAC220Vだが電源ピンの径は同じでも壁面から凹んでるし、アダプターの形状により差し込み口から出ている棒に邪魔されてプラグが差し込めない。準備に要注意なのだ。
The power outlet in Belgium is AC220V, but even though the diameter of
the power pin is the same, it is recessed from the wall, and the shape
of the adapter prevents the plug from being inserted because it gets in
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