Durham & Newcastle.
要我記既話我反而覺得Durham冇乜好記 -- 除左去左佢個durham castle, 亦即現今之University of Durham; (just a note: 原來harry potter I 有幾幕係個Durham cathedral 取景架, 哈~) 係. 佢係冇乜點受工業革命影響, 係England既一個對抗Scots既重要據點, 又係宗教重鎮...但竟然, 除左有一種因為多左好多遊客而變弱左既莊嚴氣氛之外, 成個town好似冇乜個性冇乜格咁, 又唔夠york咁靚. 個人唔太like -- 除左佢個university. 真係保留左好多traditional 既野, 會有Hightable, 會著gown, 真係好似返左HKU返左何東既日子咁....係咪著gown+formal dressing既hightable只係england既traditions? 係scotland 唔覺有, 只係得d好唔ok既pizza nights咋, 成堆好冇禮貌既大陸留學生係度搶食同高聲高談闊論咁 -- 破壞左我一直都覺得英國大學應該要比香港既更sophiscated -- University of Durham 令我重拾返呢個對Sophiscation既印象....大學, 應該係咁的.
Newcastle就係一個我好like既city...I can feel life there. very lively!! 唔止係個city, 佢又有條好靚既河, 又都好會保存佢既歷史文物同建築....我覺得好like 呀, 唔知點describe, 但你會覺得你係可以Led a sophiscated life there gae. 比係Edinburgh既感受強. mm... 有少少明白點解English會覺得Scottish barbarian... 雖然都係搞張左, 但個scottish tradition又真係冇d Englishs 咁sophiscated....雖然如今, 我覺得好似d Englishs有d退化左咁, 好似好多 Scottish仲keep 到佢地果少少sophiscation, 但好多Englishs 就好似....唔. 爭d.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Aberdeen 20 Aug 2005
理論上應該寫Highland先的. 但因為係同炮台山等人去, 應該個記憶冇咁易同之後既地方混淆, 所以寫左Aberdeen 先.
首先係太勁咁Miss左架車. 唉. 不過好彩係citylink book 到架. (之前講過不詳述了) 總算無驚無險地去到Aberdeen. 一出bus stop, 都幾驚, 好舊好污糟咁. 又真係好舊好污糟. 除左係city centre D buildings好靚....Scotland既buildings 有佢既特色, 係陰沉d, 但就有果種味道.
Aberdeen 最大既好處就係乜入場費都唔使俾. 佢個ST Nicolas Church 唔使, 果間唔記得乜鬼house (本書ship 左返hk, 查返later)又唔使, Museum 都唔使 -- 好似冇咩景點, 但其實度度都有驚喜. 個St Nicolas Church is the only parish church in Scotland, 同其他churches 好唔同, 好有佢既特色. 好靚. 個museum 都有好多好精彩既modern art....我有攞catalog 的, 不過都要check later. D temp. exhibitions 先驚喜. 記得有installation 去reveal返houses in derbyshire and Tokyo, 將電腦混埋入去做互動, 唔錯. 仲要發現原來20 aug係last day...哈哈.
不過真係好污糟. 條街好多rubbish. 又大風, 於是果d chips packings係週圍飛....好可惜呀. 明明係一個好靚同有d好特別既野睇, 幾有歷史價值既town...如果佢個city management做得好d, 會好好多. 坐車路過Dundee, 明顯唔似Aberdeen咁靚, 但見佢海傍又整得好好地, 又冇rubbish....唉. 做多少少呢d野, 成個town都會吸引好多好多.
總括來講我係幾like Aberdeen的. 其實真係好有味道, 一個Scottish city既味道...
如果有人想去的話...我會建議大家搭city link, 早d出發, 可以玩埋Dundee...一日應該夠. 因為Aberdeen同Dundee既b&b/hostel都貴.
首先係太勁咁Miss左架車. 唉. 不過好彩係citylink book 到架. (之前講過不詳述了) 總算無驚無險地去到Aberdeen. 一出bus stop, 都幾驚, 好舊好污糟咁. 又真係好舊好污糟. 除左係city centre D buildings好靚....Scotland既buildings 有佢既特色, 係陰沉d, 但就有果種味道.
Aberdeen 最大既好處就係乜入場費都唔使俾. 佢個ST Nicolas Church 唔使, 果間唔記得乜鬼house (本書ship 左返hk, 查返later)又唔使, Museum 都唔使 -- 好似冇咩景點, 但其實度度都有驚喜. 個St Nicolas Church is the only parish church in Scotland, 同其他churches 好唔同, 好有佢既特色. 好靚. 個museum 都有好多好精彩既modern art....我有攞catalog 的, 不過都要check later. D temp. exhibitions 先驚喜. 記得有installation 去reveal返houses in derbyshire and Tokyo, 將電腦混埋入去做互動, 唔錯. 仲要發現原來20 aug係last day...哈哈.
不過真係好污糟. 條街好多rubbish. 又大風, 於是果d chips packings係週圍飛....好可惜呀. 明明係一個好靚同有d好特別既野睇, 幾有歷史價值既town...如果佢個city management做得好d, 會好好多. 坐車路過Dundee, 明顯唔似Aberdeen咁靚, 但見佢海傍又整得好好地, 又冇rubbish....唉. 做多少少呢d野, 成個town都會吸引好多好多.
總括來講我係幾like Aberdeen的. 其實真係好有味道, 一個Scottish city既味道...
如果有人想去的話...我會建議大家搭city link, 早d出發, 可以玩埋Dundee...一日應該夠. 因為Aberdeen同Dundee既b&b/hostel都貴.
Windermere 11 Aug 2005
Photos here
呢. 呢d就叫做亡命啦. 之前果日先攰死咁行完Castle HOward, 今日就6點火車去Windermere.... (因為咁樣車票最平同埋慳返日hostel 錢, 又可以返hall食dinner喎....)
一大早去到windermere...唔識路呀. 個rail station好似四野無人咁既. 真架. 好驚. 條街好似幾靚咁, 但又因為陰天所以好陰沉, 所以又好似好深沉...哎吔.....唔得. 個個都話會唔夠時間玩的. 所以快手快腳係tourist office 問佢要左幅map先....
行呀行呀. 由windermere 行到bowness. 好靚的屋, 佢d footpath都幾靚. Windermere真係好多日本遊客, 可能係beatrix potter/peter rabbit的關係....咪就有兩個同我一齊行錯路lor...好在有位大叔黎指點迷津姐.
去左佢個world of beatrix potter, yee. admission要5鎊, 仲好似係整出黎呃細路既野咁. 唔好搞我. 係佢個shop睇左一輪....唔買, 要慳錢同埋唔想枱返香港. 咁就去Bowness個sea shore....老實都幾失望, 可能係york行過個river bank太靚, 就覺得bowness果度好核突. 唔制呀. 同埋唔想俾幾鎊搭果d船, 所以一直向南走...走到去個碼頭....ferry? 40p? 過對岸?? 我原本以為只係俾車的, 但原來人都得架, 哈~~ good ah, 咁我就搭啦. 過對岸. yee. 有bus 可以上Hill Top, 即係Beatrix potter 既故居. 嗱, 車只需10分鐘, 咁我不如行啦(慳妹)...
其實幾難行, 好多時要行車路, 行山徑又得一個人有d暗有d驚. 行到死下死下咁...仲未到架. 不過個景真係好Impressive....哎, 正所謂, 黎lake district唔係睇lake 而係睇佢d鄉村地方...好靚呀, 仲有羊咩咩係我身邊經過....不過行左咁耐都未到架?! 我有冇蕩失路?! 上山上到虛脫呀.... 又只係得d好似好貴既b&b唔敢走入去rest (同埋都唔夠時間)
終於去到Near Sawvey, 有條村, 有個post office, 去一問之下, 哦, 我冇行錯, 而且仲有10分鐘就到啦...我都行左個幾鐘, 唔係唔行落去呀? 好, 行...死左咁.....哎吔!! 望到啦望到, 有個牌寫住hill top 架!! 想入去, 點知個牌寫話要行遠d去左個car park買飛先....點解要咁折磨我呀?!點解唔係入口賣飛仲要我行...哎吔吔...好虛脫架ma....唔得!! 我要努力!! 我行左咁耐先行到既地方 !! 行多少少都要入!! 張飛5鎊咁貴我都要買!! 本guide book 3鎊我都要買!! 點即, 我行得咁辛苦!!
不過真係好值, 行得咁辛苦都值. 係好tiny既一個鄉村小屋, 好靚呀週邊, 同埋間屋入面都好靚...而且原來beatrix potter既書入面好多場景都係取材而佢間屋架....好得意. 佢仲like儲小模型tim...
行完. 唔. 買張post card留念下咁大把啦. 慳錢去旅行呀, 同埋peter rabbit既野香港應該唔難搵, 同埋我間屋唔係大放唔落, 唔好咁大貪.
行落山就快d舒服d. 同埋多返d人, 個感覺冇咁驚. 坐返40p ferry 返bowness. 食返個ice-cream. 太攰太餓要埋個fish and chips...但我真係唔多食得熱氣野的, 我發現自己未食到一半已經滯左仲有少少想嘔. 以後都係只可以食wrap同sandwiches/salad, 呢d先係我既食糧. 圍住個lake行...都係係搭ferry附近靚d. 行上去就都幾醜. 最後決定行上Orrest Head 睇 Lake Windermere 全景...行左廿分鐘...仲要係個白痴仔睇錯鐘以為就快夠鐘上車所以行得勁快....結果又係虛脫. 不過真係好壯觀o...睇晒成個lake windermere全景架...真係架....好靚架....不抂行跛腳....不過呃...
上到山先黎落雨!!! 嬲呀!!!!
於是慢慢行落山. 冇呀, 行左成日差唔多都係山路, 真係虛脫. 雖然仲有差唔多成個鐘, 但我真係走唔郁...太辛苦啦... 我只可以坐係車站度等. 早知就搭早一班車走.....因為我果班竟然cancel!! 我仲趕住去oxemholm轉車上Edinburgh架ma. 最激氣既係個staff 十問九唔知咁. 請你返黎食屎架下?!
好彩遇到對由Manchester黎既夫婦同佢個仔, 又俾我偷聽到佢都係去Edinburgh, 又俾我走去問, 咁啱佢地想楂車送個仔去Oxemholm度趕車去edinburgh....咁好彩我有順風車搭咋. 唔係既話, 要榙的士出去, 好溶的, 辛辛苦苦慳左成日乜都唔買既成果就付諸東流.....(慳妹!!)
同埋原來我地去Edinburgh果架都cancelled. 要等下一架...唉. 英國既鐵路系統真係食屎!!
呢. 呢d就叫做亡命啦. 之前果日先攰死咁行完Castle HOward, 今日就6點火車去Windermere.... (因為咁樣車票最平同埋慳返日hostel 錢, 又可以返hall食dinner喎....)
一大早去到windermere...唔識路呀. 個rail station好似四野無人咁既. 真架. 好驚. 條街好似幾靚咁, 但又因為陰天所以好陰沉, 所以又好似好深沉...哎吔.....唔得. 個個都話會唔夠時間玩的. 所以快手快腳係tourist office 問佢要左幅map先....
行呀行呀. 由windermere 行到bowness. 好靚的屋, 佢d footpath都幾靚. Windermere真係好多日本遊客, 可能係beatrix potter/peter rabbit的關係....咪就有兩個同我一齊行錯路lor...好在有位大叔黎指點迷津姐.
去左佢個world of beatrix potter, yee. admission要5鎊, 仲好似係整出黎呃細路既野咁. 唔好搞我. 係佢個shop睇左一輪....唔買, 要慳錢同埋唔想枱返香港. 咁就去Bowness個sea shore....老實都幾失望, 可能係york行過個river bank太靚, 就覺得bowness果度好核突. 唔制呀. 同埋唔想俾幾鎊搭果d船, 所以一直向南走...走到去個碼頭....ferry? 40p? 過對岸?? 我原本以為只係俾車的, 但原來人都得架, 哈~~ good ah, 咁我就搭啦. 過對岸. yee. 有bus 可以上Hill Top, 即係Beatrix potter 既故居. 嗱, 車只需10分鐘, 咁我不如行啦(慳妹)...
其實幾難行, 好多時要行車路, 行山徑又得一個人有d暗有d驚. 行到死下死下咁...仲未到架. 不過個景真係好Impressive....哎, 正所謂, 黎lake district唔係睇lake 而係睇佢d鄉村地方...好靚呀, 仲有羊咩咩係我身邊經過....不過行左咁耐都未到架?! 我有冇蕩失路?! 上山上到虛脫呀.... 又只係得d好似好貴既b&b唔敢走入去rest (同埋都唔夠時間)
終於去到Near Sawvey, 有條村, 有個post office, 去一問之下, 哦, 我冇行錯, 而且仲有10分鐘就到啦...我都行左個幾鐘, 唔係唔行落去呀? 好, 行...死左咁.....哎吔!! 望到啦望到, 有個牌寫住hill top 架!! 想入去, 點知個牌寫話要行遠d去左個car park買飛先....點解要咁折磨我呀?!點解唔係入口賣飛仲要我行...哎吔吔...好虛脫架ma....唔得!! 我要努力!! 我行左咁耐先行到既地方 !! 行多少少都要入!! 張飛5鎊咁貴我都要買!! 本guide book 3鎊我都要買!! 點即, 我行得咁辛苦!!
不過真係好值, 行得咁辛苦都值. 係好tiny既一個鄉村小屋, 好靚呀週邊, 同埋間屋入面都好靚...而且原來beatrix potter既書入面好多場景都係取材而佢間屋架....好得意. 佢仲like儲小模型tim...
行完. 唔. 買張post card留念下咁大把啦. 慳錢去旅行呀, 同埋peter rabbit既野香港應該唔難搵, 同埋我間屋唔係大放唔落, 唔好咁大貪.
行落山就快d舒服d. 同埋多返d人, 個感覺冇咁驚. 坐返40p ferry 返bowness. 食返個ice-cream. 太攰太餓要埋個fish and chips...但我真係唔多食得熱氣野的, 我發現自己未食到一半已經滯左仲有少少想嘔. 以後都係只可以食wrap同sandwiches/salad, 呢d先係我既食糧. 圍住個lake行...都係係搭ferry附近靚d. 行上去就都幾醜. 最後決定行上Orrest Head 睇 Lake Windermere 全景...行左廿分鐘...仲要係個白痴仔睇錯鐘以為就快夠鐘上車所以行得勁快....結果又係虛脫. 不過真係好壯觀o...睇晒成個lake windermere全景架...真係架....好靚架....不抂行跛腳....不過呃...
上到山先黎落雨!!! 嬲呀!!!!
於是慢慢行落山. 冇呀, 行左成日差唔多都係山路, 真係虛脫. 雖然仲有差唔多成個鐘, 但我真係走唔郁...太辛苦啦... 我只可以坐係車站度等. 早知就搭早一班車走.....因為我果班竟然cancel!! 我仲趕住去oxemholm轉車上Edinburgh架ma. 最激氣既係個staff 十問九唔知咁. 請你返黎食屎架下?!
好彩遇到對由Manchester黎既夫婦同佢個仔, 又俾我偷聽到佢都係去Edinburgh, 又俾我走去問, 咁啱佢地想楂車送個仔去Oxemholm度趕車去edinburgh....咁好彩我有順風車搭咋. 唔係既話, 要榙的士出去, 好溶的, 辛辛苦苦慳左成日乜都唔買既成果就付諸東流.....(慳妹!!)
同埋原來我地去Edinburgh果架都cancelled. 要等下一架...唉. 英國既鐵路系統真係食屎!!
York 9 Aug and 10 Aug
因為Muriel的提醒, 我先從堆野中醒起要寫遊記呀, 寫返晒之前去Englang/Scotland既遊記呀....
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呢兩日係york. book 左yha, 一出火車站就想搵左佢放低d野先. 好淆底, 一個人忽然間. 於是就係rail station買起左個city guide map...點知..哼!! 好廢呀!! 廢到嘔!!...一鎊?你本咁既野一鎊??
好在都係問路之下搵到yha, 然後就直衝去minster. 沿河走出city centre, 個景靚x100000000架. 狂影相呀~~ 其實york d街好靚的. 竟然係幾有dutch既feel. 可能係俾vikings入佔過. 搵到Minster啦. 對於我呢個Roman Catholic黎講, Minster 其實只係一個church. 不過佢d Stained Glass真係好靚好宏偉好fab. 之前未學過, 睇 Stained Glass 只係識睇pattern. 但今次我真係哄到好埋, 唔...有d係用enamel油既, 有d係用paint, 唔係條條線都係leaded的...唔....
Minster好就好在真係睇到york既history. 由medival times d romans, 到norman, 原來有好多歷史的. 英格蘭既cities 就係咁百花齊放, 每個都好有獨特既history, 亦都唔吝嗇於show out佢地個history同對果個地方既identity, 幾charming架~~
因為d街靚就忍唔住行街, 同買野係街度食. 哈. 遊下遊下, 見到坐好靚既building, 就係Merchant Adventurer's Hall, 好靚的, 佢個Medival Period既hall好靚, 好似置身係古代既york咁~ 係入面, 對以前english merchants 既生活可以較確切地想像一二....個pm有gown著的. 竟然有少少覺得有St. John's Feel...
行完呢個Hall都四點幾. 入唔切d museums啦, 呢度樣樣都要錢, 俾左錢入去未睇完就出返黎我唔制!! 咁就行街啦. 行行下行到去St. Mary's Church, 入面有個Installation "Breathing Space", Free Admission, 入去睇下...嘩嘩嘩...好似雲海呀...係上層望既話真係好似個church浮左上天咁...
然後去埋Monk's Bar, 沿住佢城牆走去bootham bar, 即較近yha果度...好正, 圍住個york行~~大york在我腳下~~~~~~~~~~~~真係係度打仗都ok果喎, 又唔危險又一覽無遺....
接著又閒逛....唔想咁快返hostel, 但又唔想使錢......慳妹. 所以只可以閒逛, 行街, 慢慢又沿河返yha, 睇佢個好fab既河景~~~~~~~~~~~~ 哇~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!
如果大家去York我真係highly recommended YHA YORK....個faciliteis超好, 位置唔錯, 又只需10鎊一晚, 仲包個勁豐富既早餐!! CONTINENTAL/ENGLISH Breakfast 任你揀!!! 好開心呀~ 好正呀~~~ 食飽飽出街啦~~~~~
是日總覺得時間太多, 只係想去fairfax house & vikings centre. 出門之前偷聽到人地講話要買Castle Howard飛. 好喎好似. 即刻睇書, 真係好似幾好. 不過唔係係york的, 要搭車出去. 於是就先街下公園, 睇下d教堂monuments, 再去tourist information 問幾點有車. 再係york 行下影下相, 搵到個vikings centre 覺得好似好人工咁唔想去lu....等到10點再去bus station, 去Castle Howard也, 盛惠五鎊大洋來回. 去到Castle Howard時竟然唔記得present張車飛, 有折架....哼!! 慳妹本色.
Castle Howard其實係一個有錢家族起的地方. 好靚架. 果然係有錢大家族既屋. 好宏偉. 個chapel既Stained glass 同d牆紙都係William Morris架~~豪到!! 仲有, 仲有好多名畫...仲有...仲有好多antiques...仲有...仲有好靚好大既花園~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~我買左本guide book. 遲d先同大家分享.....
個花園好大好大好靚...有個超級靚既rose garden......行到死左咁呀.........好攰呀~~~~ 行到攰死左咁~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 哎吔.... 好痛呀...唔得, 我俾左咁多錢入黎, 我一定要行晒佢hea晒佢...(慳妹)
攰死咁返去york. 趁未關門前就去fairfax house... Georgian House呀~~~ 好靚呀, 點解d有錢人d屋咁靚架.....下? 不過都係Castle Howard 靚d.
唔得, 我第時間屋都要William MOrris牆紙.... 仿真既都好呀.....勁靚靚靚~~~~~~~~~~~~x10000.
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呢兩日係york. book 左yha, 一出火車站就想搵左佢放低d野先. 好淆底, 一個人忽然間. 於是就係rail station買起左個city guide map...點知..哼!! 好廢呀!! 廢到嘔!!...一鎊?你本咁既野一鎊??
好在都係問路之下搵到yha, 然後就直衝去minster. 沿河走出city centre, 個景靚x100000000架. 狂影相呀~~ 其實york d街好靚的. 竟然係幾有dutch既feel. 可能係俾vikings入佔過. 搵到Minster啦. 對於我呢個Roman Catholic黎講, Minster 其實只係一個church. 不過佢d Stained Glass真係好靚好宏偉好fab. 之前未學過, 睇 Stained Glass 只係識睇pattern. 但今次我真係哄到好埋, 唔...有d係用enamel油既, 有d係用paint, 唔係條條線都係leaded的...唔....
Minster好就好在真係睇到york既history. 由medival times d romans, 到norman, 原來有好多歷史的. 英格蘭既cities 就係咁百花齊放, 每個都好有獨特既history, 亦都唔吝嗇於show out佢地個history同對果個地方既identity, 幾charming架~~
因為d街靚就忍唔住行街, 同買野係街度食. 哈. 遊下遊下, 見到坐好靚既building, 就係Merchant Adventurer's Hall, 好靚的, 佢個Medival Period既hall好靚, 好似置身係古代既york咁~ 係入面, 對以前english merchants 既生活可以較確切地想像一二....個pm有gown著的. 竟然有少少覺得有St. John's Feel...
行完呢個Hall都四點幾. 入唔切d museums啦, 呢度樣樣都要錢, 俾左錢入去未睇完就出返黎我唔制!! 咁就行街啦. 行行下行到去St. Mary's Church, 入面有個Installation "Breathing Space", Free Admission, 入去睇下...嘩嘩嘩...好似雲海呀...係上層望既話真係好似個church浮左上天咁...
然後去埋Monk's Bar, 沿住佢城牆走去bootham bar, 即較近yha果度...好正, 圍住個york行~~大york在我腳下~~~~~~~~~~~~真係係度打仗都ok果喎, 又唔危險又一覽無遺....
接著又閒逛....唔想咁快返hostel, 但又唔想使錢......慳妹. 所以只可以閒逛, 行街, 慢慢又沿河返yha, 睇佢個好fab既河景~~~~~~~~~~~~ 哇~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!
如果大家去York我真係highly recommended YHA YORK....個faciliteis超好, 位置唔錯, 又只需10鎊一晚, 仲包個勁豐富既早餐!! CONTINENTAL/ENGLISH Breakfast 任你揀!!! 好開心呀~ 好正呀~~~ 食飽飽出街啦~~~~~
是日總覺得時間太多, 只係想去fairfax house & vikings centre. 出門之前偷聽到人地講話要買Castle Howard飛. 好喎好似. 即刻睇書, 真係好似幾好. 不過唔係係york的, 要搭車出去. 於是就先街下公園, 睇下d教堂monuments, 再去tourist information 問幾點有車. 再係york 行下影下相, 搵到個vikings centre 覺得好似好人工咁唔想去lu....等到10點再去bus station, 去Castle Howard也, 盛惠五鎊大洋來回. 去到Castle Howard時竟然唔記得present張車飛, 有折架....哼!! 慳妹本色.
Castle Howard其實係一個有錢家族起的地方. 好靚架. 果然係有錢大家族既屋. 好宏偉. 個chapel既Stained glass 同d牆紙都係William Morris架~~豪到!! 仲有, 仲有好多名畫...仲有...仲有好多antiques...仲有...仲有好靚好大既花園~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~我買左本guide book. 遲d先同大家分享.....
個花園好大好大好靚...有個超級靚既rose garden......行到死左咁呀.........好攰呀~~~~ 行到攰死左咁~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 哎吔.... 好痛呀...唔得, 我俾左咁多錢入黎, 我一定要行晒佢hea晒佢...(慳妹)
攰死咁返去york. 趁未關門前就去fairfax house... Georgian House呀~~~ 好靚呀, 點解d有錢人d屋咁靚架.....下? 不過都係Castle Howard 靚d.
唔得, 我第時間屋都要William MOrris牆紙.... 仿真既都好呀.....勁靚靚靚~~~~~~~~~~~~x10000.
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