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9月にとった夏休み。ロンドンと、コンウォールドライブ。 In a summer vacation I could take in September, I went to London and drove around the Cornwall.

Incheon International Airport

Incheon International Airport

インチョンにてトランジット。アシアナを使ったけれど、食事もおいしくて快適。

I transfered at Incheon International Airport. At that time, I used Asiana Airline, which turned out to be very comfortable, especially meals was good.


Piccadilly

Piccadilly

ピカデリーにて。

At aroud Piccadilly.


Interior of London City Hall

Interior of London City Hall

ロンドン市庁舎内観。

Interior of London City Hall.


London City Hall

London City Hall

ロンドン市庁舎。設計はノーマン・フォスター。

London City Hall, designed by Sir Noman Foster.


Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

タワーブリッジ。奥にスイス・リーが見える。

Tower Bridge. You can see Swiss Re Headquaters behind.


Tate modern

Tate modern

テートモダン。設計は言うまでもなくヘルツォーク&ド・ムーロン。逆光のためうまく撮れず。

Tate modern, designed by Herzog & De Meuron. I took this against the light and couldn't make it though.


Interior of Tate modern

Interior of Tate modern

もともとは発電所だったことを偲ばせるタービンホール。

This museum used to be a power plant, whose turbine hall has been renovated into this gigantic hall of the exhibition space.


Interior of Tate modern

Interior of Tate modern

タービンホールでルイーズ・ブルジョワの「ママン」が迎える。

In this Turbine hall was located Louise Bourgeois's "Maman," welcoming us.


Interior of Tate modern

Interior of Tate modern

階段がかっこいい。

This stairs is cool, isn't it?


Docklands

Docklands

再開発で有名なドックランド。地下鉄の駅は近未来風。

Docklans, western part of London, is famous for its redevelopment. This underground station looked modern.


Great court in the British Museum

Great court in the British Museum

大英博物館内のグレート・コート。設計はノーマン・フォスター。

Great court in the British Museum, designed by Sir Norman Foster.


Liblary in the British Museum

Liblary in the British Museum

大英博物館内の図書室。

Liblary in the British Museum.


London

London

ロンドン・アイより。ブリティッシュ・エアウェイズがスポンサーなので乗り込むとき飛行機みたいなインストラクションがあって面白い。

The view from London Eye.
Because British Airways sponsored this, there were many instructions related to kind of airline things when we "got on board," which was amazing.


London Eye

London Eye

ロンドン・アイ全景。

London Eye.


Swiss Re Headquaters

Swiss Re Headquaters

スイス・リー本社ビル。設計はノーマン・フォスター。

Swiss Re Headquaters, designed by Sir Norman Foster.


Lloyd's building

Lloyd's building

ロイズビル。リチャードロジャース。

Lloyd's building, designed by Richard Rogers.


Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

キューガーデンの温室。

The Palm house in Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


Began to drive.

Began to drive.

ルノーのメガーヌ借りてドライブ開始。いい車だこれ。

We rented Renaut Megane, and started driving, heading for Cornwall. This Megane was pretty good.


Rural landscape

Rural landscape

だんだんと田園風景が多くなってきた。

As we went on, the landscape had got changing into rural one.


Riding

Riding

乗馬人を見かける。

We saw a riding people.


Dartmoor

Dartmoor

ダートムーア。シャーロック・ホームズ「バスカヴィル家の犬」の舞台になったという。

This Dartmoor was supposed to be the stage of Sherlock Holmes's "The hound of the Baskerville"


Sheep

Sheep

ヒツジ登場。メエェ。

Let's say hello to sheep.


Stone walls

Stone walls

ところどころ、石垣が残ってる。遺跡もたくさんあった。(時間があまりなくて見られず)

Here and there, such stone walls remained. There also remained many ruins, unfortunately we didn't have so much time to visit though.


Driving between hedges

Driving between hedges

両側にヘッジと言われる垣根が続く。みんなけっこう飛ばすから、運転はけっこうたいへん。

There went continually hedges along both sides, where everyone drove so fast that we were needed to be skillful for driving.


Bodmin Moor

Bodmin Moor

ボドミンムーア。大きな湖があった。

We found a big pond in this Bodmin Moor.


Lunch

Lunch

フィッシュアンドチップス、サーディン、ムール貝。

Fish and chips, sardine, mussel for lunch.


Land's end

Land's end

この遥か向こうにはアメリカ。

Far away from here, over the Atlantic Ocean, is US.


Eden project

Eden project

あのドームの中に生態系をつくっているそうだ。迷ってしまい、到着が遅くて中には入れなかった。

I heard they created an whole ecosystem in that domes. We wanted to enter, but we lost our way and finaly arrived too late to enter.


Plymouth Aquarium

Plymouth Aquarium

旅ではいつも水族館に行く事にしている。

I make sure that wherever I go, I drop on an aquarium if they have.


Last dinner

Last dinner

最後の晩。鴨を食べる。鴨は好物。

For the last dinner of this trip, I ate duck, which is my favorite.


Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral

ソールズベリーの大聖堂。街のどこからでも見える。とても立派。

I could see this spire from almost anywhere in Salisbury, which I felt was beautiful.


Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral

中も立派。大きい。

Interior of this cathedral was also exquisite.


Salisbury

Salisbury

ぶらぶらして楽める、いい街。

Salisbury was fun to walk around.


Bucolic landscape

Bucolic landscape

ジョン・コンスタブルもこんな風景を見ていたのだろうか。

I wonder John Constable would have looked such bucolic landscape.


Stonehenge

Stonehenge

世界に不思議はたくさんある。

There are many things remained to be seen.