+51W 5D ウエリントン In Wellington

先週の土曜日にウエリントンに到着。ナナ（Jasonママ）、Jasonの弟のエイドリアンの出迎えを受ける。翌日、早速Jasonの友達とブランチのアポで近所のカフェへ。ニュージーランドのカフェで食べる食事はおいしい！

月曜日にはナナの会社のクリスマスパーティーに参加。ビーチでのBBQパーティーだ。何人か子どもも来ていて、なにやら砂だらけのおもちゃを口に入れたりとワイルドね。と、思っていたらアラタも砂を食べはじめた。うーん、誰も止めないところを見ると、これはここではＯＫってことか・・・。そうそう、ニュージーランドのサンタは車から身を乗り出して手を振りながらビーチをやってきた。

ナナのうちの犬のルーペットと仲良くなったアラタ。彼を見るたびに、「おっ」と言って、指差すアラタ。でも口をつかんだり、目に指をつっこんだりで、火曜日にはルーペットに威嚇されて軽くかまれてしまった。それでも怖がらずにいたアラタだったが、17歳のルーペット、木曜日に安楽死した。明日はクリスマス。ナナのうちには15人前後の親戚が集まってパーティーだ。みなさん、メリークリスマス。

We arrived in Wellington on Saturday. At the airport, Jason's mum (Arata's Nana) and Adrian, Jason's broter were meeting us. On the following morning, we went to a cafe for a brunch to meet Jason's friend Ed, his wife Clare and their daughter Olivia. I was quite surprised that Cafe food in NZ is quite nice!

On Monday, we joined Jason's mum's company Christmas party. It was a BBQ party on beach. There were a couple of other kids and to my surprise, some of them were just putting toys covered with sand in their mouths. Well, soon, Arata started to 'eat' sand. And nobody stopped him so it must be New Zealand style. Well the Santa in New Zealand was coming in a car on the beach!

Arata became good friends with Rupert. Jason's mum's dog. Whenever he saw Rupert, Arata pointed at him and saying 'Ah.' Arata was too naughty to him and he put his finger into his eyes or grabbed his mouth. On Tuesday, Arata must have done something to Rupert. When we realised, Arata was lying on the floor crying. Rupert bit Arata a bit probably trying to scare him. Jason's mum is expecting more than 10 gursts from today. We will have a big Christmas party tomorrow. Havve a good Christmas!