家探し、そして新しい味の発見/Flat, and the discovery of New taste

19.2.2010
　今日はインターネットで１人暮らしに手頃な物件を探してみる。日本人向けの部屋はどれも風呂（シャワーとバスタブ）付きで有難い。とりあえず良さげなのを３件ほどメモして、家に帰ってからホストマザーにお伺いを立ててみると「全部学校からバスで１時間以上かかるし、治安が悪い場所ね」と一蹴される。やはり安い理由はそれか。当てずっぽうに探しても時間の無駄なので、彼女に治安の良い地域を聞き、再度探してみることにする。
　昨日、また例のO２センター横のパブに友達数人と行く。今回は５時半スタート（前回は８時スタートだったので、門限の早い何人かは２時間程しか飲めなかった）…と思ったら、店員に「ハッピーアワーは８時から１２時までだよ」とあっさり言われる。道理で店内がガラガラ。仕方ないので１杯（￡３）で１時間、２杯で２時間とねばり、ようやく８時になる。
　８時までに味見したのはクローネンバーグ（白ビール）とギネス（黒ビール）。クローネンバーグは見た目どおりスッキリした喉越し。ギネスはクローネンよりも温度は少しぬるめ。そして言わずと知れたあのクリーミーな泡とコーヒーやカラメルのような苦味とコク。た、たまらん！！個人的には断然ギネスの方が美味い。大人になってよかったと心から思うひと時。
　この日はフォスターズラガーだけでなくストロングボウ（白ビール）も安くなっていたので、８時ちょうどに即注文。ストロングボウ、見た目はクローネンよりも薄い色でキンと冷やしてある。味は…なんじゃこりゃぁ！！スッキリした喉越しはともかく、シードルのような林檎を思わせる味わい。ビックリしたのと美味いのとで思わずガブ飲み、即お代わり。でも１位はもちろんギネス！

I looked up some flats that are good for living alone in internet today. It’s nice that many flats have Bathtubs whichever for Japanese. Well, I wrote those addresses for 3, and I asked my host mother how those are like. But she said “All of those are far from your school, and also not good for live. “ Ouch, it’s the reason why. It’s waste of a time that searching without help in such a case, so I asked her where safe is, and then decided to look up somewhere again.
Yesterday, some of friends and I went the pub where was beside O2 centre. We started drinking from 5:30pm (some of us include me couldn’t drink very much, for only 2 hours about, last time, because the time started from 8pm)… but stuff said us “the Happy hour is going to start from 8. “ That’s why there were a few people in the pub. It couldn’t help so that we’ve patient for it, drinking a glass of beer for an hour, two of it for 2 hours, and then, finally the time became 8.
What I tasted until 8 were Cronenberg (white beer) and Guinness (black beer). Chronenberg was the same taste as looks, clear. Guinness was warmer than another one, and that famous creamy froth and, the bitter taste and body that like coffee or caramel. What’s an irresistible taste!! To me, Guinness is better. It’s a time when I really think that I’m happy to have been adult.
Since it wasn’t only Foster’s lager but also Strong bow had been cheaper, so we ordered as soon as we were on time. Strong bow, this beer, the color was weaker than Cronen, and was chilled much. The taste was… whaaat’s this?! It was clear taste, but, anyway that reminded me the taste of Cidre as a kind of alcohol was made from Apple. I was surprised and felt tasty, so I guzzled unexpectedly, and soon ordered another one. But No.1 was Guinness, of course!