use English here and there

Last Saturday Mrs. M and I went to
the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
in Ueno Park.
(東京都美術館)

We enjoyed Great Collectors: masterpieces
from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
(ボストン美術館の至宝展)





Mrs. M and I enjoyed the exhibition—
collections of ancient Egyptian, Chinese and
Japanese art, and its remarkable collections
of French, American and contemporary paintings,
prints and photographs.

After having a late lunch at a restaurant
in the museum, we walked around Ueno Park,
found an empty bench and enjoyed talking there,
watching little children playing merrily.



After a while a middle-aged foreign couple
came to us and shared the bench with us.

They were from the Netherlands.

They were speaking in German.

They said they could speak English and French too.

So, we enjoyed talking in English.

They said they had arrived in Japan the day before
and they couldn’t get rid of their jet lag yet.

They were going to visit 日光、鎌倉、江の島、箱根、
高山、京都etc. during the next two weeks.

Anyway, Mrs. M and I enjoyed talking to them
in English.

The couple looked very happy to talk to us, too.

Yes, we enjoyed 一期一会.

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Yesterday I went to my granddaughter koharu’s
School Festival.

The event of koharu's class Space Cup attracted
many people.



There was a long line in front of her classroom.

The line was getting longer and I joined the line too.

While waiting for my turn to come, I enjoyed talking
to a high school boy in English.

He was fluent in English.

koharu was busy and looked alive.

I was glad she had a brisk way of doing things.

I tried using English whenever I talked to high school
boys and girls.

All the students I spoke to were ready to answer me
in English.

I was surprised they were all used to using English.

I talked to a few young mothers too --- in Japanese.

I enjoyed 一期一会　
both in English and in Japanese.

What a good Sunday I had!