And the last was Grasmere. Know as a place which Wordsworth lived. 最後にグラスミアです。 ロマン派詩人ワーズワースの住んだ土地として知られています。

There is a stone circle in lake district. Here we could go into the circle and touch them. But it was freezing by this time.... 湖水地方にもストーンサークルがあります。 こちらは輪の中に入ったり触ったりできます。 それにしても、この時点では…

I would say nothing. This is pub lunch.... あまり色々言わないでおこうと思います。 これがいわゆるパブランチ（パブで出てくるランチ）です。

We went through Keswick town and went up to a hill. There is a view point, the tour guide said "surprise view". To my disappointment, it was so misty at the moment to surprise. Even it is beautiful enough. ケジックの街を通り抜けて丘を登る…

Then, the next is Conistion. We could see steam boat ran on the lake. 次はコニストンです。 蒸気ボートが走っていました。

The next stop was tarn hows. It is said one of the most beautiful lake in lake district. In deed, the view was splendid. 次に止まったところはターンハウズ（ホウズ？）という湖です。 湖水地方で最も美しい湖の一つなんだそうです。 実際非常に美し…

Sunday, We joined a mini-bus tour. Since the weather forecast said Sunday will be rain, we chose one we could stay in a car mainly. This decision turned out to be very wise. 日曜はミニバスツアーに参加しました。 天気予報が雨になっていたので…

We visted Lake District this weekend. From London Euston Station, It took around 3 hours to get to Windermere Station by Train. Windermere is the last terminal station of lake district line. After got off train, we had to continue our jour…

(↑look at old royal naval college from the Queen's house) I went for a walk in Greenwich today since it was a lovely sunny day. From our palce to Greenwich is just 15 minutes journey by DLR. (DLR = Dockland Railway Service) Greenwich recal…

I went to Hyde Park to have lunch. It was the last place of walking. お昼を食べにハイドパークへ行きました。 ここが散歩の終着点でした。

I got off train at Oxford Street and walk along oxford street. I dropped in John Lewiss, Maks & Spencer, Selfredge and Primark. (All of them are big department store) Finaly I got a blanket with reasonable price. During shopping, I saw chr…

I walked a lot today. Mainly to find a blanket (can I say a throw?) and take some photo to post. Start from Docland as always. 今日はたくさん歩きました。 主にブランケットを探すためと写真を撮るためです。 いつものようにドックランドからスター…

Let me continue Kew Gardens Report of Oct 10th. Since the garden is broad, my report seems to be long. There are many huge trees in the garden. I put some of them here.Do you know how pinecone grows? Let's see...Here is a pine tree. 松ぼっ…

We went to Kew Gardens today. It is a huge royal botanical garden located south east of greater London. The weather was good to walking around trees.It was sunny and cool. So we could enjoy there pretty much. 今日はキューガーデンに行ってき…

By going back last week, I am going to memo some unexpected things happened in Finland. First of all, I have to mention unexpected souvenire I got. I got it from a Finnish acquaintance. And the souvenire was... an booklet in CHINESE. Was h…

They are two of my fellows. I'd like to introduce them to you. ということで、今使っている洗剤の一部をご紹介。 白い方が柔軟剤、紫のキャップがデリケート用洗剤。エマールみたいなものです。 エマール的なものはECOという名を冠していいるブランドだ…

I bought some souveniors. One is a instant soup powder. There was some choice like salmon, mushroom and vegis. I bought mushrooms and berries. I already tasted mushroom one, it was creamy and OK for me. I like a bit more salty though I can…

In tried to do some educational or cultural tour on the last day. So I visited natural history museum in the afternoon. There was a big statue of moose in front of the building. The museum was really worth visiting. You can spend half a da…

I visited comtemporary art museum called KIASMA. It stands very near to station. As always, There were some exbisions that I could hardly understand the message. Thoush some of them were very interesting and enjoyable.

There are some churches in Helsinki. This Temppeliaukion kirkko is famous for outstanding architecture. It is constructed by hollow natural rock. so amazing!! There was a concert on the day. we could listen pipe organ sound.

In the middle of Helsinki city, there is a hotel TORNI. And top of it, there is a cafe bar you can enjoy 360°view of the city.

ARABIA Factory may be one of the most popular place to visit now a days at least between Japanese young people visiting Scandinavian countries. ARABIA is a Finish company has long history in pottery. World famous bland "ittala" is created …