2015年7月28日 星期二

A unique & gorgeous experience in Cotswolds & Northern Ireland(我在tripadvisor寫的review)

We, 16 people from Taipei, Taiwan, had a really good time with Lee in Cotswolds.

I found him on the Cotswolds info website, sending him email, and got a quick
 reply. We discussed about the itineraries for quite a while. Lee is always patient,
and flexible. Finally we decided to use his service in the Cotswolds for 5 days,
and also asked him to arrange another 5-day tours in Northern Ireland. His service
includes accommodation, ferry tickets, all the transportation from London, to Belfast,
to Edinburgh, etc.

We are satisfied with what Lee did for us. He is friendly, sincere, knowledgeable,
and funny. You could always hear laughter coming from our van. In fact, when
 arriving in Belfast, we started to miss Lee.

Lee is also responsible. In the Cotswolds, he left a cell phone for me to contact with
 him whenever we need help. It's so considerate! He kept in touch with me when
 we continued our journey in Belfast. We stayed in a good hotel, Tara Lodge, with
excellent breakfast. That's the first time I tried oatmeal porridge with 10 year old
Bushmills Whiskey, and it's awesome! The bus for us is comfortable and the driver
/ guide is professional. Thanks so much for the arrangement, Lee.

I think Lee should be the ambassador of UK. We enjoy the beauty of UK through
his eyes. During this trip, we found British food was much better than we thought
due to some good pubs Lee recommended, especially Seagrave Arms.

As Lee mentioned, autumn is a beautiful season to visit the Cotswolds, so next time
maybe we’ll come back, and of course, we’ll meet Lee again.

Highly recommend Kooky Cotswold Day Tours!
http://kookycotswoldtours.com/

2015年7月11日 星期六

英格蘭、北愛爾蘭、蘇格蘭20日之旅

英格蘭、北愛爾蘭、蘇格蘭20日之旅  2015.05.28 ~ 06.16   

Day 1    5/28() 台北Taipei London倫敦

Day 2    5/29() London 宿Premier Inn St Pancras
 
Day 3   5/30() London(12:00) Cotswolds科茲窩(14:30) 宿 Watery-Park-Barn

Day 4   5/31() Oxford & the Cotswolds英格蘭中部美麗的田園小鎮聚落:
                             Burford, Bibury, Stow on the Wold, Bourton on the Water

Day 5   6/1 ()  Cotswold Tour- Chipping Campden, Broadway, Broadway Tower,
                             Snowshill,  Snowshill Manor
                       
Day 6   6/2 ()  Cotswold Tour- Blenheim Palace and Oxford (9:30 ~ 17:30)

Day 7    6/3 ()  Cotswold Liverpool(10:30)搭渡輪→ Belfast貝爾法斯特(18:30)北愛

Day 8    6/4 ()  The Ards Peninsula  Stormont Castle, Mount Stewart, Greyabbey;
                              Portaferry搭渡輪Strangford, Downpatrick Centre, St Patricks Grave
                            
Day 9    6/5 ()  Titanic Belfast -Navan Center & Fort (£6). Armagh半日tour

Day 10  6/6 ()  The Causeway Coast-Carrick a Rede Rope Bridge空中索橋, The Giant’s
                              Causeway (巨人之路), Bushmills Distillery釀酒廠

Day 11   6/7 () Belfast 搭渡輪(11:30)Cairnryan(14:00) Edinburgh愛丁堡(17:00)

Day 12  6/8 ()  Edinburgh愛丁堡 宿The Holyrood ApartHOTEL

Day 13  6/9 ()  EdinburghDunkeld Cairngorm國家公園→坐船遊尼斯湖(16:00)
                              宿 Ullapool Royal Hotel

Day 14  6/10()  Ullapool Corrieshalloch 峽谷→ Torridon Applecross Plockton
                           Sky天空之島 宿Kyleakin, White Heather Hotel / Corran Guest House

Day 15  6/11 ()  Kyleakin(9:00) →探訪天空之島:峭壁、奇岩-the Old Man of Storr,
                                Quiraing小徑,最西邊-Neist, Talisker釀酒廠(15:15) 宿 同上

Day 16  6/12 ()  Kyleakin(9:00) Eilean Donan城堡(10:00) Fort William
                                (14:30)搭乘Jacobite蒸汽火車
                                Fort William - 14:30 Glenfinnan - 15:30
                                Glenfinnan  - 15:45 Mallaig - 16:41
                                Mallaig - 18:38 Fort William - 20:31 (6/12日落時間22:12)
                                宿Fort William The Clan Macduff Hotel

Day 17  6/13 ()  Fort WilliamGlencoeRannoch MoorStirling城堡→Edinburgh

Day 18  6/14 ()  愛丁堡Edinburgh
Day 19   6/15 ()  愛丁堡Edinburgh →台北Taipei
Day 20  6/16 ()  台北Taipei

住宿:
1.     倫敦 宿Premier Inn St Pancras (很棒!乾淨、交通方便、早餐很好)
http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/LONSTP/london-st-pancras

2.     Cotswolds科茲窩 宿 Watery-Park-Barn(可家族朋友聚會, 14人為上限)
http://www.jigsawholidays.co.uk/cotswold-cottages/watery-park-barn/

3.     北愛爾蘭 宿 Tara lodge(乾淨溫馨,隔音較差.早餐超棒,可點豐盛的主餐)
https://www.taralodge.com/

4.     愛丁堡 宿 Holyrood aparthotel(交通方便,設備齊全,洗衣機和洗碗槽不要同時使用)

5.     蘇格蘭高地住宿
(1)   Ullapool, Royal Hotel (歷史悠久的旅館,設施較舊.早餐很棒,可點主菜)
http://ullapoolhotel.co.uk/room-tariffs

(2)   Kyleakin, (小型B&B,乾淨舒服,面海的房間可看夕陽看到23:00)
(i)     White Heather Hotel http://www.whiteheatherhotel.co.uk/
(ii)    Corran Guest House http://www.corran-guesthouse-skye.co.uk/

(3)   Fort William, The Clan Macduff Hotel(較老舊旅館,有的房間浴室熱水有問題)
http://www.clanmacduff.co.uk/

* Jacobite蒸汽火車經過Glenfinnan 高架橋(哈利波特拍攝場景)
沒有空調-當然!車內很熱。搭單程體驗蒸氣火車噴出蒸汽的感覺即可。

2015年2月22日 星期日

花蓮兩日山海遊(二) 2012 10/01~ 10/02

第二天行程

10/2()早上7:30早餐,check out
 9:00搭計程車→9:45慕谷慕魚 →10:00銅門檢查所→瀧澗發電廠 →11:20往回走
→下車走在隧道之間 →12:05上車→12:20原住民餐廳午餐、溪邊戲水→13:40上車
14:10豐春冰果室買冰→14:30雲山水.15:30東華大學→ 16:30慶修院
17:38自強號→20:39抵達台北火車站

 
 
慕谷慕魚(mukumugi)
慕谷慕魚(Mukumugi)是緣自太魯閣族的譯音。
描述當初最早遷徙到這裡的太魯閣族人(花蓮縣秀林鄉銅門地區
與榕樹部落),用他們的語言頌讚這片世外桃源。這裡有豐富的
自然資源,有柔情似水的秀麗風景,長久以來就有『小天祥』的
美稱。「慕谷慕魚」位在花蓮縣秀林鄉銅門村,距離花蓮市約有
二十分鐘的車程。在居民封溪復育的努力下,規劃為生態廊道。
資料引自:http://go.webwave.com.tw/10thMukumugi/
每天上、下午分別開放三百個名額進入,必須申請入山證,上網申請即可:
http://eli.npa.gov.tw/E7WebO/index02.jsp





  台電維修人員正走到對岸去
 
 清澈見底的溪水


 


   我是一隻鳥。像吧?
 
 
   像隻手掌
 
司機先生指點我們欣賞各種造型有趣的天然石頭
 
 
                                   921大地震造成的土地傷害痕跡,至今看來仍然觸目驚心。

美麗的隧道


車子穿梭其中,光影的變化美極了!


隧道蜿蜒在山中迴轉

龍瀾發電廠

好吃的原住民冰棒

年輕時未走成的能高越嶺

水廉祠- 供奉土地公


陽光下蝴蝶採著花蜜

山光水色宛如人間淨土

各種動物的頭骨

小米麻糬

這道菜挺好吃的, 可是我忘了菜名

炒山蘇- 山中野菜

下到溪邊戲水

好像一隻狗狗的頭

如翡翠般的潺潺溪水

溪底石頭紋理清晰可見

銅門檢查所-出示你的入山證

回程在著名的冰果店外帶好吃的冰

雲山水:
地主喜歡種樹,慷慨的敞開大門與眾人分享「雲‧山‧水」,不收門票。
請大家珍惜這片美好的雲山水。內有800坪的民宿,看起來覺得很不錯,
希望有機會入住,體會明月星光與湖中落日流影。

   農莊內處處美景



                     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 東華大學一角落
 

吉安慶修院:
花蓮的三級古蹟,日治時期建造唯一保存完好的日式寺院。寺內所供奉的主神有弘法大師
不動明王以及毘沙門天王,慶修院建築主體遵循日本傳統建造,以木頭構架為主,屋頂為
本式四注攬尖,庭院內草木茂盛,生機勃勃,環境幽靜,充滿了禪意。

官方網站:
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回台北了。