Tuesday, October 04, 2005

A Life with a Bike

兄から送られてきた素敵な自転車のお陰で、生活に変化が出てきました。普通のママチャリではなくて、クロスバイクという物らしいのですが、これが実に良い。通勤はもちろん、町内の移動は全てこれです。空手の稽古も、道着を着て自転車で(アヤシイ?)。もうちょっと慣れたら、お茶のお稽古にも、諏訪や茅野までも行ってみたい。 でも、この自転車で行ったらさぞかし素敵だろう、と思う場所は、私の大好きな美容院です。 八ヶ岳の登山口の近くの、森の中にあるあの美容院に、秋風に吹かれながらこいで行ったら、本当に気持ちよさそう!
車は楽で便利だから、今まで自転車で出かけたいなんて考えなかったけど、自転車のある生活がこんんなに素敵だとは! 車の後部座席をたたんで、自転車が積めるようにがんばってみたけど、無理でした。綺麗な場所へ行って、自転車に乗りたかったんだけどな。雪が降るまで、しばらく自転車ライフを楽しもうと思います。お兄さんに、感謝しなくちゃ。

My life is changing, thanks to the things from my brother. I've got a nice bike, called cross-bike(is it a Japanese-English?) from him. Now I ride my bike to everywhere. To work, to supermarkets, to Karate class in my white Karate wear, to Togei, to tea ceremony (not yet but hopefully), and maybe to Suwa or Chino someday? And one more place I really want to bike to is my favorite hair salon, which is in the woods and is close to an approach to Yatsugatake. Biking to that hair salon in a relaxing autumn afternoon in the breeze must be wonderful.
Before getting this bike, I have never thought of going somewhere by bike. Driving is easier and more comfortable, but riding on a bike is So Nice! I even tried to make space in my car ( though I failed ) to load my bike, for going cycling to some beautiful places.
It will snow soon. Till then, I enjoy my life with a bike.

1 Comments:

Blogger Skye Hohmann said...

probably you can take the wheels off and it will fit. i can't wait to go hiking i hope the weather clears up!
xo

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