On my way home - 帰り道

昨日は帰宅時にまだ空が明るかったので、ちょっと寄り道をしてみた。
It was still bright out when I left my office last evening, so I decided to stray from the route a bit.

ロデオに観光客は戻ってきているのだろうか、と思い寄ってみたが、既に閉店時間を過ぎていたので
閑散としていた。この不況の中、やはり店を閉める有名店もある。
I was curious if tourists were coming back to Rodeo Drive, but the stores were closed already when I drove by. In this economical crisis, there are well known brands closing their stores.

ビバリーヒルズのレンタカー屋。アウディーはともかく、フェラーリやポルシエまで、借りる人がいるから置いてあるのだろうな。

A rent-a-car place in Beverly Hills. There must be some people who actually rent the Ferrari and Porsche.

ついてないことに、この一体が停電で信号機が動かず大渋滞。
I was out of luck this evening. Because of a power outage in this area, traffic lights were not working, and the cars were all stuck.

全く進まないので、またカメラを出して遊んでいた。
上の景色を回しながら撮ってみた。
Well, since it was not moving at all, I pulled out my camera and started playing with it.
This is the same view as the above simply taken by turning a camera.

なんとか渋滞を抜け、暫く高速を走っていたら目の前にとても大きな月が現われた。
After going through the traffic jam, I was driving on a highway for a while, then suddenly
the fantastic huge moon appeared in front of me.

現実と幻想的な世界を両方垣間見て帰宅し、今日の現実を癒す為に冷蔵庫からビールを一本。
少しすると、現実逃避が始まった。
Feeling both the reality and fantasy, I arrived at home. I opened my refrigerator and pulled out a bottle of beer to cure my reality I had in the day.
A detachment from the reality started shortly.

Hiroki