Day14　ロサンゼルスの遊び方　Los Angels

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アメリカ8日目
The 8th day in the United States.

今日は6時起きで日本に帰る母を空港までお見送り
I got up at six and took my mom to the airport to say good-bye for now.
ひとりでダウンタウンまで行ってみようかな
I went to the downtown alone.

 ユニオン駅まではWifi付きのフライアウェイというバスで快適に移動
I found the Fly Away bus which has wifi to get to the Union Station.

そこからどこへ行けばいいかわからずウロウロ
I don't really know about the town and walked around unknown place.

 ウロウロし過ぎて危険地域付近まで行ってしまう
I wasn't pay too much attention and I almost walked into the dangerouns district.

 ビジネスマンが「栄えてる場所はあっちだよー」と教えてくれて回避成功
The kind bussiness mas helped me to show the market place and I got out from that district.

 グランドセントラルマーケットでピザを食べ、
I had a pizza at the grand market and

ショッピングモール「フィガット7」へ
went to the mall "FIGat7."

 ここでwifiが繋がり、調べていると無料美術館を発見
I diidn't relly have an idea where to go and look something with Wifi at the malls.

 ザ・ブロードへ(https://www.thebroad.org/visit/mirror-rooms)
I found the free museun "The Broad."

草間さんの作品にはたどり着けませんでしたが、お土産屋さんで草間さんコーナーを堪能
The Japanese lady "Yayoi KUSAMA" is also involved in this museum, but I couldn't find her works.

 今夜は乗り継ぎのため、ソルトレークシティーの謎ホテルへ戻ります
I went back to Salt Lake city for trasit to go to the next place.

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