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 …
Weather was fine, sunny day. Though it was only about 10 dgrees in day time. Autumn in Helsinki is much colder than that of London or Japan. I walked around the city and could see most of famouse building. In fact, it was a very small city…
I visited Helsinki, capital city of Finland with little plan. I had just reserved the hotel HELKA which was refurblished recently with Aarto design. Aarto is one of the most famous designer in Finland. You can find his works in shops calle…
Today we went out for dinner. Actually planned to go branch, but overslept :-p Anyway, We went to West India Quey. There are several bar and restrants have big open terrace out there. 本日は夕食を食べに行ってきました。 ブランチの予定が寝過…
Please let me explain in all Japanese today, since I want to mention how UK veg's different from Japan's. This may mean nothing for people who are not live in Japan. 今回は、ロンドンでみかける野菜と日本の野菜の違いを説明したいので全部日本…
I post some photo of neighborhood. I hope you can get some image of docland which we are now staying. This area is still under re-development (even main part of the town has been already completed) and is surrounded by Thames river. These …
Today I met a friend of mine in London. It has been more than 5 years since I met her last time. She just came over here to join a school. We met in Liverpool street and had lunch there. While we talked, we found that she worked for the co…
Today I would like to introduce our place in Docland. We are staying a kind of service apartment. It is like a flat with faniture and all small things for daily life such as dish and pan. Here we go. 本日は我々のお家を紹介しようと思います…
Sunday was much cooler than the day before. We took good rest in morning and went to Thames festival to get lunch again. This time we visit a park near London city hall. There was a Korean area, so we could get Burukogi. We walked through …
There was a festival along river Thames on the weekend. There were stages on several points and many stalls gathered around them. Various kinds of food were offered such as Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Korean, Moroccan and guinean. We went t…
We visited house of parliament. To get into the building, you need to apply guide tour before hand. Taking photo is not allowed except Westminster hall, entrance for the building, so there is no photo to report. We could go through house o…
The last place to visit was Bath the town famouse for Roman bath. 最後の目的地はローマ時代の公共浴場で有名なバースです。 I found the place is best of the day. Roman bath was green and looks no way safe enough to jump in (it is prohibited a…
Next stop was "Stone Henge Inn", a pub, stands alone beside street. We were dropped off from bus to get lunch. Literally, there was no choice other than bring lunch by yourself. It was deserted area. The guide said the lunch was quite nice…
On Friday, We joined a bus tour to visit Windsor, Stone henge and Bath. Compared with the day before, it was a better day at least we didn't got rained. But it was very breezy day. 金曜はバスツアーに参加しました。 行先はウィンザー、ストー…
Second day of UK was a chilly day. We just walked around west side of London. During the walk, I met squirrels in Hyde park. They were very used to encounter with human. Highlight of the day was visiting Kensington Palace and garden. Kensi…
This time I travel to London, U.K. Fortunately it is not for my business but for his. My husband got short term job in UK and I decided to come along with him. So for a while, I will take a leave for my job. ju-hu! As a result, my flight w…
朝降っていた雨も止んで、天気が持ち直してきたのでManlyをお散歩。 曇りだけど、それほど寒くもない。 雲が低いところに流れてきているけど、黒い雲ではない。 まだ雨は降らないのではないかと思う。 しかし、低い雲があると海は不安な顔にみえる。 波もや…
今週末はChina townではMoon Festivalなんだとか。 満月が近い上に、すっきり晴れ渡っていたので月も綺麗でした。 マンリーの海の上に浮かぶ月と月明かりの道。 RiverというかOceanですが。 夜景モードは手ぶれの影響が出やすいので一心不乱に写真をとってい…
すばらしい晴天。暑い。 この青空の下で、植物園の写真を撮ろう。 と、いうことで行ってきました植物園。 シドニーオペラハウスの脇に入り口がある海に面した広大な公園です。 （初回入ったときに広すぎて遭難しそうになりました） 入ってすぐに可愛い赤い電…
Sydney Bieennaleの開催地、Cockatoo Islandへ行ってきました。 Circuler Queyからフェリーで10分ちょっと。 シドニー湾に浮かぶ元工業島であり 現在はオーストラリア工業化の歴史をとどめるNational Heritageの島です。 島全体が工場と、工場労働者の住居で…
今回の出張には旅のお供に新しいおもちゃを持参している。 PENTAX Optio W60 濡れてもいい、水中撮影もできるアウトドアデジカメちゃんだ。 出張出発直前に購入したため、こちらで初めてつかってみているのだけど 色々遊べてとっても楽しい。 降り込められた…
雨です。横殴りの大雨です。 しかし防水カメラを持っているので何を恐れることなく 荒れている海の写真を撮って来ました。 某映画会社のオープニングか、というほど白波が立っています。ザババーンと時折、遊歩道まで波しぶきがあがってくる。 しかし寒い。…
前夜の雨もやみ、すっかり晴天のManlyBeachで 以前見かけた絶景ポイントに登ってみることにした。（この岩の上に行こうと思う。） 心の中で「火サスの丘」と呼んでいる。 船越英一郎が犯人を追い詰めそうな崖である。 この一歩手前までは以前にいったことが…
朝、ホテルの窓からシドニーシティの方をみたら 虹がかかっていました。 生まれてはじめてみる完璧な虹。 しかも一瞬だけ二重にみえました。虹って気分があがりますね。あまりに立派な虹だったので全景を収められませんでした。 とりあえず半分だけ。
風の冷たい土曜日でしたが、コアラパークへ行ってきました。 コアラとはいうけどオーストラリア特有の動物を いろいろ集めた動物園のようなものでした。 同僚の友人でシドニー在住の人がおり、彼女の車をその恋人に運転してもらい 車無しでは絶対たどり着け…
