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    5/29/2006

    Cornwall Crusader 4 Days Trip (5月22日-- 25日)

     
    这次去Cornwall的旅行是俺第一次在英国参加旅行团,感觉Haggis的服务还不错,下次要参加他们3天的Skye行!

     

    Day 1 石头记

     

    不这一天基本上是在路上。一早从London出发。出发时下着大雨,到了第一站Stonehenge,雨已经停了,太阳在云里躲着,时有时无。Stonehenge只不过是一堆石头,却是英国最有名气的石头。Stonehenge is a 5000 year old prehistoric monument,I imagined when I was waliking round this monument which was built by ancient people who mappedd the course of the sun and moon,它看来看去还是石头。哈哈!玩笑了!但是以后要来探访“这堆石头”要比现在困难,“Your future visits to Stonehenge will be very different from your experience today。Major plans are being prepared to place Stonehenge in a grassland setting,free it from roads and traffic noise and provide world class visitor facilities。This will improve your enjoyment and understanding of the whole World Heritage Site。English Heritage;the National Trust and the Highways Agency are working together to make these plans a reality within the next 10 years。” -- Stonehenge booklet

     
    下午,在Dartmoor National Park

    (Dartmoor National Park1951被英国政府批准成成为国家公园,是英国第一个国家公园。公园并不是封闭的,旷野里有数百英里的公共人行道和小路,近3万的当地居民生活在公园附近,并利用公园的土地放牧。)与大自然亲密接触后在将近7点时,终于到达了Newquay -- surfer's paradise。驻地就在海边,从窗外望出去便是湛蓝的大海及绵长的沙滩。虽然现在并不是冲浪的旺季,但是已经有不少的冲浪爱好者在海里驰骋了。

     

    DAY 2 碧海蓝天

    昨晚祈祷后,今天果然是好天气!哈哈!!!今天的行程让人特别期待,因为要去LANDS END -- 地角。蓝天白云下的大海,格外的宁静,海水的颜色也是由浅及深分为:浅蓝、绿、深蓝。The first stop was St. Michel Mount,这个景点并没有进入参观。

    St Michael's Mount 坐落在一个锥形的潮汐岛上。“The chapel of St. Michael, a 15th-century building, has an embattled tower, in one angle of which is a small turret, which served for the guidance of ships. Chapel Rock, on the beach, marks the site of a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary, where pilgrims paused to worship before ascending the Mount. A few houses are built on the hillside facing Marazion, and a spring supplies them with water. The harbour, widened in 1823 to allow vessels of 500 tons to enter, has a pier dating from the 15th century, and subsequently enlarged and restored.St. Michael's Mount is still owned by the St. Aubyn family, but visitor access is controlled by the National Trust.”-- Wikipedia

    在接下来的行程中,Gary(我们的导游)会随时向我们介绍沿途风光并及时停车让我们拍照!

    就这样停停走走,走走停停。在下午的时候终于到了LANDS END。Lands End is one of the most popular outdoor attractives in Cornwall。It situated on the westerly most point of mainland Britain and it is surrounded by spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean。俺不曾去过中国海岸的尽头,却站在了英国大陆的尽头。面对那无垠的海,任海风划过脸颊,吹过耳边,我不介意,我只要这别样的美景,我想在这里常驻。

     

     完美的一天应当有一个完美的结束,给我们划上完美句号的是The Minack Theatre。Minack Theatre is a world famous open-air theatre located on the coastline。当你站在看台上时,你会不由的赞叹,在悬崖边建歌剧院确实是一个了不起的IDEA。Minack in Cornish means a rocky place and the black headed crag below the theatre has always drawn local fishermen. “Theatre built in the style of an ancient Roman Amphitheatre, but with the added drama of the ocean as its backdrop, was constructed in the 1930s - as a hobby project - by the late Miss Rowena Cade who lived in the large house just behind the theatre. While the theatre began as a "garden project", it has developed over the years since its inception into a world-famous venue and a summer season of plays and musical entertainment is held every year from the end of May until late September. The programme includes a wide variety of productions - straight plays, comedies & musicals - ranging from Shakespeare to Gilbert & Sullivan as well as modern productions, each showing on weekdays (Mondays to Fridays), with a change of programme and production company weekly. ”-- http://www.minack.com/dayvisitors/history.htm

    Gary特别介绍这里,除了这里独特的建筑创意还有的就是令人念念不忘的-- Cream Tea!2个刚出炉的Scone + 一碟Cream;一碟草莓酱,还有一壶红茶。选一个靠窗的位置,看着蓝天和大海,“生活真是太美好了”

     

     

     

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    kathy cuiwrote:
    真别说,你照相还真有一套,照片漂亮,文章写的也精彩,不出书亏了...
    Apr. 15
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    叹...
    July 22

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