先週末、家族旅行に参加するため、一瞬大分に帰りました

大寒波のニュースに怯えながら、山奥の家を出発して車を走らせること約40分…おとなりの別府に到着

雪がちらつく屋上の露天温泉に入って、お腹いっぱいバイキングを食べて、夜はみんなでビンゴゲーム

前もってメールで「500円で景品を買っておいてね」と言われており、その質素すぎる（小学生の遠足レベルの）我が家の価値観に驚愕しながらも、何とか悩みに悩んで"妙にリアルなニワトリの刺繍入りの手ぬぐい(540円)"を買っていました。それを手にしたのは従兄弟のユカちゃんで、『喜んでくれるかな＾v＾』とワクワクしながら手ぬぐいが開けられるのを見守っていましたが、それはもう、何とも言えない、微妙なリアクションをいただきまして、もう私はニワトリがいけなかったのか、手ぬぐいがいけなかったのか、よく分かりません。

主役のじいちゃんは、スターウォーズのチョコレートを手に入れてご満悦でした　かわいい

ばあちゃんは終始しかめ面でした　いつも通りの通常運転

でも、やはり、たまに家族に会うのは良いね

[おまけ]

一番上の写真、最年長は87歳のじいちゃんかと思いきや、実はこのレンズ

ダゴールさん、1926年製造の今年90歳　広角なのに、この柔らかさ　と　強さ

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Last weekend, I was in my hometown Oita to join my family trip.

The destination was Beppu, the best hot spring city in the universe (which I seriously believe.) It only takes 40mins from our home, so it was really easy. (It wasn’t easy for me to go back to Oita in the early morning on Saturday though. I don’t know what happened but I had ended up staying a night at MANGA cafe in Akihabara the night before the flight, without a single sleep, thanks to the guy next to my room who was snoring like hell…. Well, maybe a “room” isn’t appropriate here, but a partition is better.. Anyway, I was being the most stupid in my life for the last few days before the departure, which I didn’t even get to reserve a seat for this cheap airport bus so that I ended up having to leave that MANGA cafe at 4:30am to line up just to ride on that bus. I hurried, to just find out there was no line there. well, C’est la vie.

Let’s go back to the story of my family trip.

After we enjoyed the hot spring at the hotel, we gathered to play Bingo.

We all had been told to get something valued around 500yen, which I found was REALLY difficult, especially here in Tokyo. But I think I did a good job, choosing a kitchen towel with embroidered rooster on it. So I was really puzzled when I saw my cousin who had my present had not-really-happy face on her.

My grandpa was beaming with Star Wars chocolate pack. He is really cute. My grandma, on the other hand, was frowning all the time. But it’s good, that’s her.

The bottom line: You should see your family once in a while, it’s good.