Stratford-upon-Avon

The bedroom

[ May, 2013 ] This is the parents’ bedroom in Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon in England. William Shakespeare was born in this room. According to the explanation of the guide in this room, the reason…

Stratford-upon-Avon

Shakespeare’s birthplace

[ May, 2013 ] At the weekend of one of the few Bank Holidays in the UK, we joined a tour to visit mid England and north Wales. Tours are always useful for ordinary workers…

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Spring in the park

[ Apr.2013 ] In Europe, the winter this year was very long. In the latter half of April, at last we had a fine day, sunny and warm. Most of Londoners must have gone out…

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Battersea Power Station

[Apr.2013] When I saw this building first time from the window of a train many years ago, I could not help myself raising my voice. It was so familiar as a record cover of Pink…

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Hammersmith Bridge

[ March, 2013 ] This is not really a trip, but I went to Hammersmith Bridge in London to take photos. Apparently this is the first suspension bridge over Thames completed in 1827. But because…

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Huge antique market

[ Feb.2013 ] My new friend took me to a huge antique market in Kempton Park, just outside of London. I did not know this market, but apparently, it is very famous. It is held…

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Canary Wharf is similar to Tokyo

[Nov.2012] Canary Wharf in London where lots of financilal institutions situated has similar atmosphere to Tokyo. It does not have the scent of Europe at all. It is newly developed area, and everywhere is nice…

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The museum a few doors away from the pub

[ Nov.2012] On the day we had a walk in the east London, we popped in to the museum a few doors away from the pub where we had a lunch. Good thing about the…

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This is the Olympic Stadium everyone watched

[Nov.2012] This is the Olympic Stadium that everyone in the world watched this summer. We were away for holiday this summer avoiding the crowd, so this was the first time I saw this actually. At…