今日の良いお天気で、暑くなっています。暑いと言っても24度でドアを開けて家の中にいたり外でも日陰は快適なのですが、陽に当たると焦げそうです。でも、これくらいの暑さなら日傘さえ使えばそう暑くも感じません。イギリスの方は日傘なんて使っておられませんが。暑い、暑いとみなさんおっしゃるので、使えば良いのにと思います。30度を超えると日傘を差しても暑いですが(もう、空気そのものが暑いですもんね)、27度とかなら日傘をさせば湿度が低いのでそう暑くないです。
It’s a beautiful day again, quite hot. Well, it’s only 24C so not that hot and is quite comfortable inside the house with the doors open or in the shade outside, but if you stand under the sun it feels like it burns your skin in a few seconds. Whenever I can I use a parasol when I go out in such weather so it’s still comfortable but I don’t see anyone else use a parasol here. Many people have been complaining how hot it is and I always wonder why they don’t use parasols. They make such a big difference. When it goes above 30C it is hot even with a parasol because the air is just too hot but up to around 27C, 28C, with this low humidity, a parasol makes it comfortable enough.
今日のランチは、冷やし中華でした。我が家には珍しくハムも買ってあったので、正統派(?)のトッピング。毎回はアップしていませんが、今年は5回くらいしているかな?と思います。たくさん切るものがあって簡単ランチにしては結構手間がかかりますが(洗い物も結構出る)、わたしは暑い時期は熱々のラーメンよりこちらの方が好きです。たくさんお野菜も食べので普通のラーメンよりは体にも良さそうだし、満足感もありますし。今日は夫に熱いのと冷たいのとどっちが良い?と聞いたら、冷たいのでも良いよ、とのことだったので冷やし中華にしました。
We had Hiyashi Chuka (Ramen Salad) for lunch today. I’d ordered some English ham, which is unusual for us as we tend to have just Parma Ham rather than roast ham) we had the full “traditional” topping, which is ham, thin omlette, tomato & cucumber, plus some lettuce. It’s quite a lot of chopping to do for a very simple lunch and quite a lot of washing up afterwards but I do prefer this to usual hot ramen when the weather is warm. I also feel better because you eat a lot of salad with it as well as egg (protein) and it’s more satisfying as a meal to me. Today, I asked my husband which he would like for lunch, hot or cold, and he said we should have cold.