お盆は旅行に出かけるため、今週末に帰省します。レンタカーの運転はちょっとドキドキしますが、エリックとのドライブを楽しめたらいいなと思います。3日間のレンタル料＋保険料＋碧南までのガソリン代＋高速代の総額は、二人分の新幹線代よりも高くなりそう。移動手段は、目的によって上手く使い分けたいものです。
Calculation
Since Eric and I are traveling during the Obon period, we are visiting my parents this weekend. We are not used to driving a rental car and feel a bit nervous, but it will still be a fun event. It costs more to drive to Hekinan, when we add up the rental fee and the insurance fee for three days, the gas and the toll fee, than to use the bullet train for the two of us. We should choose transportation carefully depending on what our purpose is.
お盆 = Obon: August 13th, 14th and 15th are the three days in which the Buddhists hold a festival to recognize ancestral spirits
ドキドキ = dokidoki: “thump, thump” – a noise to describe racing heart when nervous or excited
ドライブ = doraibu: driving
目的 = mokuteki: purpose (s)
