I'm on a three-day weekend. Today is the first day. I went to a fancy building near the terminal station to donate blood. It was a fine autumn day to go out. The train was crowded and there were too many people around the terminal. I regret that I chose the blood donation center instead of one in a less crowded place because I was afraid of catching the flu. I've heard that the flu is spreading much earlier than usual this year probably because we had few cases of the flu during the pandemic and our social immunity to the flu has become low. My co-workers said that many infections have spread in schools and daycare centers where their children go. However, the reason I wanted to go there was because there were big bookstores.

I went to different bookstores before and after giving blood. I spent thirty minutes at the first one, which was in front of the train station and I had been to many times before. I spent an hour at the second one, which I had never been to before. It had been a while since I had been to a big bookstore, and I was very happy.

大型書店巡り

今三連休中です。今日はその初日でした。ターミナル駅近くの立派なビルまで献血に行ってきました。お出かけに最適なよく晴れた秋の日でした。電車は混んでいて、駅周辺には人がたくさんいました。私はインフルエンザにかかるのが嫌なので、もっと人通りの少ない場所ではなく、その献血場所を選んだことを後悔しました。コロナ禍ではインフルエンザにかかる人が少なく、インフルエンザに対する社会的免疫が弱くなったために、今年は例年よりも早くから流行していると耳にしたことがあります。職場でも子どもが通っている学校や保育所で様々な感染症がはやっていると話している人がいます。でも、今日そこに行きたかったのは、近くに大型書店があるからでした。

献血前後に別々の書店に行きました。最初の店は駅の前にあり、それまでに何度も行ったことがあります。そこでは30分過ごしました。次の店は初めて行く店で、約１時間居ました。久しぶりに大型書店を回って、とても楽しかったです。