On the walk from the apartment to the school, you can see the Duomo. It’s a sight to behold. アパートから学校まで歩く途中にドゥオモが見えます。圧巻。 Jewelry making for the first time in my life. First, I learned how to use a thread saw, and then I started making rings. I cut a brass plate, sanded it, and made a pattern on it. Finally, the ring is bent and rounded! 人生初のジュエリーメイキング。まずは糸鋸の使い方を学び、その後さっそくリング作りに。真鍮の板を切って、やすりで削って、模様をつけて。最後に曲げて丸めたら完成！ On the second day, we went to a jewelry store to buy sterling silver for the next piece. 2日目は次なる作品のために純銀を買いに宝石店へ。 Making a ring out of silver. The plates are welded tightly together. 銀でのリング作り。板同士をしっかり溶接します。 Even the smallest scratch is polished well, and a beautiful shiny silver ring […]
Private Italian lesson on Monday, April 14, 9:00 a.m. for one hour. After talking for a few minutes about the weekend’s events, we went over the answers to our homework. He taught me what he didn’t understand, and the hour was over in no time. After school, we head to our favorite gelateria. 4月14日（月）9時から1時間イタリア語プライベートレッスン。週末の出来事を数分話してから、宿題の答え合わせ。わからなかったところを教えてもらい、あっという間に1時間は終了。放課後は、お気に入りのジェラテリアへ向かう。
I went to the National Museum of Bargello, which was recommended to me during my art visit last week. The building itself is a typical medieval architecture, which is enough to satisfy me, but I was reminded of the difference in expression between Michelangelo’s David in the Accademia Gallery and Donatello’s David here. 先週のアートヴィジットの時に薦めてもらった、バルジェッロ国立博物館へ。建物自体が典型的中世建築で、それだけで充分満足だが、アカデミア美術館にあるミケランジェロのダビデ像とここにあるドナテッロのダビデ像、表現力の違いに思いを馳せる。 Today, a national holiday, I was able to visit “Cinque Terre” with friends. It is the collective name for five fishing villages, registered as a World Heritage site, facing the Ligurian Sea, a little far from Florence and close to Genoa. La Spezia, which we arrived by train, is an exotic town, quite different from Tuscany […]
In class, we have been working on a copy in oil painting. It is really difficult to draw a face, and with guidance, it is gradually taking shape. 授業では油絵で模写を描き進めています。顔を描くのは本当に難しく、指導してもらいながら、段々と形になってきました。 Since it was a national holiday, I went to Cinque Terre with my friends. The colorful town seen from the boat was very beautiful. 祝日だったので友人達と観光地、チンクエテッレへ。船からみたカラフルな街はとてもキレイでした。 The Cinque Terre was full of colors. There was a huge bougainvillea house. チンクエテッレは街中も色が溢れていました。巨大なブーゲンビリアのお家がありました。 There were many lemons, a local specialty, for sale. I have never seen such large and magnificent lemons. 特産品のレモンが沢山売っていました。こんなに大きくて立派なレモンは今まで見たことがありません。 We went to a Tuscan restaurant for the party. Bistecca is a specialty. Aged meat is cooked at low temperature and eaten rare. […]
(April 7) Private Italian class at 9:00. It starts with answering homework. He carefully teaches me what I don’t understand. The one-hour class, consisting mainly of conversation and grammar for daily life, is over in a flash. （4月7日） 9時からイタリア語のプライベート授業。宿題の答え合わせから始まる。わからないところを丁寧に教えてくれる。日常生活で使う会話と、文法メインで1時間の授業はあっという間に終わる。 (April 10) Today, after stopping by the school, we went out to look for gelato. We headed to a store we had researched and were curious about. The standards for good gelato have changed a bit since I took the sugar class. Although I have my favorite texture, sweetness, consistency, and taste, I found a store that is the closest to the gelato I want to make. （4月10日） 今日は、学校へ立ち寄った後、ジェラート探しに出かける。リサーチして気になっていたお店へ向かう。糖の授業を受けてから食べるジェラートは、美味しいの基準が少し変わった。好きな食感や甘さ加減、粘度、好みはあるものの、作りたいジェラートに一番近いお店を見つけた。
Day 1 Cutting out earrings Today I started working on earrings with an openwork-like pattern that I started working on at the end of last week. First, I chose my favorite pattern among several prepared, traced the picture, stuck it on a silver plate, and then cut it with a thread saw. In Japan, I have not been working with a thread saw so much recently, but here I feel like it is the tool I use the most. I cut out beautiful pictures and carefully shape them with a file. ピアスの切り出し 今日は先週の終わりから取り組み始めた透かし彫りのような模様の入ったピアス。まずいくつか用意されているうちの好きなパターンを選び、絵をトレースしてシルバーの板に張り付けてから、糸鋸で切ります。日本では糸鋸（いとのこぎり）の作業は最近あまりしていませんでしたが、こちらにきて一番使っている道具が糸鋸なきがします。美しい絵を切り出し、ヤスリで丁寧に形を整えていきます。 Earrings fixed on the file stand Then, the cut out silver plate is fixed on the file […]
Monday, March 31 Italian class at 9:00. Today we talked about gelato. The teacher teaches the class from daily conversation, which is similar to my own. And she also carefully personalizes the answers to homework assignments. 3月31日（月） 9時からイタリア語授業。今日はジェラートの話で盛り上がりました。先生は、日常の会話から、自分に近い内容で授業してくれます。そして、宿題の答え合わせも、丁寧に個人に合わせて指導してくれます。 Thursday, April 3 Today I have an interview at 10:00. I feel this tension that I haven’t experienced in a long time. I had a gelato I wanted to make and chose the gelato study abroad program. I cross the bridge and arrive early. 4月3日（木） 今日は10時に面接。久しぶりに味わうこの緊張感。私は作りたいジェラートがあってジェラート留学の選択をしました。橋を渡って早めに到着。 Friday, April 4 Today I went to Cinque Terre. We left early in the morning, but could only visit two places. The proximity to the sea […]
(March 24) Italian class starts at 9:00 and private class starts today. The teacher is listening carefully to see if there was anything I didn’t understand in the previous classes, and teaches me at my own pace where I didn’t understand or made mistakes. Gelato class from today. I love gelato, and I have zero experience selling it or making it. I only make gelato at home in the summer, mixing it by hand, so I was very excited to see how real gelato is made. The class was held at a gelateria just a 3-minute walk from the school. Today’s lecture was about the machine used to make gelato, […]
Strolling along the path. A little away from the center of the city, there was a quiet residential area, perfect for a walk. 小道を散歩。中心部から少し離れると、閑静な住宅街が広がっていて、散歩にぴったりの場所でした。 Beef tartar we had at a restaurant. I tried it after learning that it is customary to eat raw meat in Italy. It was delicious and easy to eat, with no fishy smell. レストランで食べた牛肉のタルタル。イタリアにも生肉を食べる習慣があると知り、トライ。生臭さなどなく、食べやすくて美味しかったです。 I went to the library near the school that is open to the public. It was a very nice place with old wooden structure. 一般開放してる学校の近くの図書館へ。古い木の作りがとても素敵な場所でした。 The kitchen of the apartment. It is an environment where you can cook for yourself. My sharemate had a birthday, so I decorated her with flowers on […]
