ホステル利用時に必ず出会う7つのタイプの人

By Carmen Recavarren
投稿日 2016/04/22

1. ライファー (The lifer)

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He won’t join in with the wilder nights out and views your youthful antics with friendly amusement, but he’s always up for a long, deep conversation about travelling the world and living a free, interesting life. He’s a mystery, but you can’t help sort of looking up to himまるでずっとホステルで生活していたかのような人。ここで生まれたのでしょうか?ホステルのオーナーなのでしょうか?旅の費用はどこから手に入れているのでしょうか?誰も分かりませんが、知恵と経験のオーラを持った人なので、真相を尋ねるのは失礼に思います。ドミトリーに宿泊している他の人よりほんの少し年上の人で、世界各国を旅してきたと言います。乱れ髪や様々な環境にさらされた肌が物語っています。…

 

2. 自分だけの空間を楽しむ人

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Every traveller’s different, and you don’t hit the road expecting everyone you meet to be a social butterfly. But this common hostel character seems to have been misinformed about what a shared dorm actually is. They studiously ignore every conversation, sit alone in the dining room, and would sooner run naked through the town square than lend you a squeeze of shower gel. Best case scenario is you get a greeting in the morning. Stay polite, invite them along on nights out even when you know they won’t come, and whatever you do… DON’T TOUCH THEIR STUFF.

 

3. 仲良しカップル

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‘自分だけの空間を楽しむ人’を参照ください。この場合2名のカップルなので、迷惑に感じることもあります。Except there are two of them,

 

4. 物知りな人

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Often students on an overseas placement or an educational trip, these hostel-dwellers seem to know EVERYTHING about the city and the region. They speak the language, and pepper your English-language conversation with local terms. They understand the context and history of every custom and every notable building, and they can explain the front page of today’s newspaper. Certain cities are crawling with them – think Florence, with its vast population of absurdly clued-up American fine arts majors.海外研修や修学旅行を行う学生に多く見られるのが、街や地域についてありとあらゆることまで知り尽くしているということです。現地の言葉を話すことができ、あなたとの英語での会話にも、現地の用語を使います。現地の習慣の背景と歴史を理解し、その日の新聞の話題を説明することができます。特にアメリカの美術を専攻する学生が集まるフィレンツェのような都市では多く見かけます。

5. 噂好きな人

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Though you left the high school common room behind? Think again, because this backpacker has a god-given talent for turning your globetrotting escape into a cauldron of petty rivalries and social jealousy. In dorms there’s always a fine line between shared space and doing your own thing; it isn’t that our friend doesn’t see that line, it’s just that they enjoy pouring petrol on it, setting it alight and dancing in the ashes. If you’re planning on doing anything you’d rather keep secret, save it for another hostel.

 

6. 吟遊詩人

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It could be a uke, an acoustic guitar or a harmonica. Either way, there comes a time every day when they decide to whip out their secret weapon and entertain the dorm. It’s magnetic the first time round and fun for a few more performances after that. You might even sing along a bit. After a while the first hint of a familiar tune will send you scurrying to the bar or the kitchen for some respite.

 

7. 新しい風を吹き込む人

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It’s not all bad, of course. While you’re out there hostelling you’ll also meet people you just click with. You like the same tunes, crave the same food, have similar travel plans and share a sense of humour (a fact you’ll probably discover while giggling at hostel characters 1 – 6). Hang onto these guys. Twenty years from now, when the gossips and amateur musos are a distant memory, you’ll still be in touch. This is what travel and hostelling is all about – dorms might be a social lottery, but when you get lucky you get friends for life.