When I got off the Amtrak train at the Union Station in LA I heard some festive music near by. I looked around, and found that there was a Mexican festival outside. There were men and women all dressed up dancing. There were food, shops, sweet drinks, live music and kid running around.
I walked around the small vendor shops, and ran into this cute sweet shop. They were selling so many sweets and snacks from Mexico. They were so colorful, and it was so much fun to just look at the packaging!
アムトラックの列車でロスアンジェルスのユニオン駅で降りた私は、どこからともなく楽しげな音楽が聞こえて来るのに気付きました。辺りを見回してみると、近くでメキシコのお祭りを発見。男性も女性も着飾って踊っています。食べ物、甘い飲み物、お店にライブミュージック。子供たちが走り回っていました。ずらり並ぶ屋台のお店を歩いてみると、この駄菓子屋さんを発見。色とりどりなパッケージは見てるだけで楽しいです！
Then, look what I found! They were some kind of sweet bread, but they looked exactly like the "Melon Bread" in Japan...
そして、これ見て下さい！メキシコの甘いパンなのだそうですが、どう見てもメロンパン！
Many years ago in New York I had a good friend who was from Mexico City. One day he brought me some sweets from Mexico, and they were the ones with a rose picture (photo above). I cannot remember the taste, but I remember how sweet they were. They were so sweet that I could not eat them! As I was recalling the sweetness all I could smell was the fresh tortillas... because
this sweet vendor was right next to the tacos vendor. The smell was overwhelmingly intense!
何年も前にNYで、メキシコシティ出身の友人がいました。ある日、かれはメキシコから甘いお菓子を持って来てくれました。薔薇の絵がついたもので（上の写真）、味は全く覚えてないのですが、それはそれは甘かったこと！甘過ぎて食べれないほどでした。そんなことを思い出しながら臭って来たのは、となりの屋台のできたてのトルティーヤ。その強烈な臭いたるや！
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