What would you like to do when you travel to a new country where you have never been before? It was a bit sudden to decide to visit Tel Aviv, we did not have much time to check and search where to visit while we were in Tel Aviv. To tell the truth, I did not have any idea what we can do in Tel Aviv for sightseeing. But, I really wanted to visit Raoul Wallenberg Street where is named after a Swedish diplomat who saved many people during World War Second. He was such a brave man to do so during the war, and I was very moved to see how people respect him in Israel. There is a piece of artwork that is related to Raoul Wallenberg in Stockholm, but it was pretty cool to see something like this artwork in Israel. We have got to keep in mind how hard it is to maintain peace but so easy to break it if we forget what really happened in the past. We have got to keep learning from the past.
旅行に行ったらやっぱり観光地に行きたいものですが、正直テルアビブにある観光地が頭にうかばず、テルアビブ市内では唯一、絶対に行きたかったラウル・ワレンバーグ通りにあるアートを見に行きました。 作品はImre Vargaによって作られたワレンバーグさんの形をした銅像でした。 ラウル・ワレンバーグさんはスウェーデンの外交官で第二次世界大戦中に多くの人命を救った人です。 日本では杉原千畝さんが有名ですが、第二次世界大戦中に外交官として活躍し、杉原さんと同様に人道を優先し、多くの人を助けた勇気の人です。 ワレンバーグさん銅像はイスラエル訪問時には見にいきたいと思っていました。 ストックホルムにもワレンバーグさんの功績をたたえるオブジェはあるのですが、イスラエルでこの様なオブジェを観るのはとても感動しました。
Raoul Wallenberg
https://sweden.se/life/people/raoul-wallenberg-world-war-ii-hero
Then, we went to a Georgian restaurant. It was my first time eating Georgian food. For me, when I hear the word “Georgia”, I recall a sumo wrestler, Toshinoshin. He is from Georgia and became a sumo wrestler. He was such a strong sumo wrestler and I really like him. I like sumo wrestlers who are from outside of Japan. Haha. Maybe I am an expat, so I feel how hard must be to live in a foreign country. When I was eating the food, I was thinking that “This is what he ate in Georgia. Well, it must be pretty difficult to find something like this in Japan...Too bad that we do not have Georgian restaurants in Japan.” They use a lot of olive oil for Georgian food. I loved the flavor and smell of the food. They really know how to cook olives and cheese well! And also, I became a fan of their wine! We ordered a bottle of Georgian wine called Old Tbilisi. Amazing! OK! I have got to visit Georgia someday!!
その後はジョージア料理を人生初めて食べました。 ジョージアと言えば栃ノ心さんですが、「へぇ～。栃ノ心さんはこの様な食べ物を食べて育ったのかぁ～。日本ではなかなか食べれなかったのかなぁ？」など色々と考えながら食べたのを覚えています。 地中海料理の様にオリーブ油をたくさん作ったとても風味のよい料理でした。 それと、とても美味しかったのがワイン！ Old Tbilisi というこのジョージアの都市を名前を使ったワインは本当に美味しかったです。 ジョージアでもこんなに美味しいワインを作ってるのかぁと、とても好きになりました。
Max Brenner - Georgian Restaurant in Tel Aviv
https://max-brenner.co.il/pages/branches?lang=en
What a beautiful country Israel is. I loved walking on the beautiful beaches in Tel Aviv. It was pretty hot when we visited there, but when the sun was going down, many people came out to the beach and hanged out. They were enjoying the cool breeze as the sun went down, and the sunset was just speechless! I want to go back there someday once again!
地中海は本当に美しい海ですね。 太陽はとても厳しいのですが、少し日が沈み始めた頃がとても過ごしやすい温度に下がり、たくさんの市民が海岸に集い美しい日の入りを見ていました。 イスラエル、また行きたいなぁ～。
