Why did I quit the job?...

なんで添乗員辞めたの？と聞かれる。もちろん色々理由があった。ただその時の現状で「やり切った！」感を感じたからだ！きっかけは２０１３年の3つのツアーだったかもしれない。

I'm questioned, "Why did you quit your tour leader job?". Though I have reasons from various aspects, but I felt at that time like, "I did enough. I made it!". There were 3 tours with my clients in 2013 which led me to this idea. 

1. 学生さんたちとのイタリア＆フランスの14日間/ 14 days in Italy and France with students 

リラックスしつつも、気が抜けない学生さんたちとの旅だった！色々なキャラクターの子たちがいたなと思う。でも、共通していたのは素直で、純粋だった。だから、俺も楽しめた。トラブルの翌日のモンサンミッシェルの笑顔が眩しい！

Though the tour went in a relaxing atmosphere with students, I had to keep paying attention to them for their safe trip. They all have different characters, but one thing in common among them was innocent and pure. That's why I could also enjoy a lot with them. Their smiles sparked in from of Mont St. Micheal after a memorable trouble. 

2. 南米12日間/ 12 days in Peru, Argentina and Brazil.

南米の仕事て日本語ガイドがいて楽だけど、トラブルも良くある。でも、このツアーはタフなことが続いたが、本当に集中できたと思う。皆さんのこの笑顔が引き出せて、本当にやりきった。

We need to relay on Japanese speaking guides in tours in South America, which always makes us feel much easier than tours in other destinations, but troubles happens a lot. The tour was tough with troubles, but I kept focusing on my duties. See! My client's wonderful smiles. I made it!

3. イタリア10日間/ 10 days in Italy

素敵なお客さんたちと天気に恵まれ楽しいイタリアだった。アマルフィーでドイツとスイスを旅したドライバーのルイージとの再会。朝に、ルイージに会えるかもしれないって直感が見事に当たった！お客さんたちにもルイージの事を話していたので大喜び！

A tour in Italy with wonderful clients and weather. I met Luigi again whom I had worked with in Germany and Switzerland. I kind of had an intuition in the morning  on the day I met him. I was right! I already talked about him to my clients by chance, they were so excited and happy when we ran into him. 

あまり、ブログなどにアップ済ませたら、ほとんど写真は残さないけど、この写真は引っ越すまでに現像しなきゃ！

I normally delete photos after posting for blogs and so on, but I shouldn't forget to develop these photos before moving. 

Masami