Weekend after finals— adventures of course! *Saturday Sherwood forest + drama + drama + hotpot + drama *Sunday Wollaton Hall + Batman film site + Deer park + <3 Woot Nott Nott Nottingham! :D | 期末考結束的周末 -- 當然就要充滿冒險啦! *週六 雪伍德森林 + 抓馬[註一] + 抓馬 + 火鍋 + 抓馬 *週日 沃爾頓莊園 + 蝙蝠俠拍攝地點 + 鹿園 + <3 嗚噢! 諾! 諾! 諾丁漢! :D [註一: 戲劇感覺太嚴肅了, 反正大家都知道drama這個字嘛。] |
Saturday was the day when everyone I know were finally done with their final exams, but it was also the day before (or the day L ) a lot of my Exchange friends are leaving Nottingham *heartbroken*. To make the most out of it… a trip shall be planned! As a professional “last minute trip planner”, we started to pull things together on Friday night, and would act it out the day after :) This time, our destination is one of the most famous attraction site in Nottingham (Nottinghamshire to be exact) – Sherwood Forest, the legendary hideout of Robin Hood! Our “sophisticated” Sherwood Forest daytrip plan worked out almost perfectly, except with a lot of unexpected drama added on top of it. We were going to catch the bus (Sherwood Arrow) in the morning to ensure ourselves with enough time to casually explore the place. However, two of us realized that they need to move all the stuffs out of the school residence IN THE MORNING of the contract end-date. O_o So instead of taking the early morning bus, we decided to just push the plan back until after brunch. Positive of this accident was that we could finish our brunch provided by the residence hall and start our adventure with a full stomach. Also, Emma and Merry were quite happy about this plan because then they can watch more of the Australian Open games. XD | 星期六是所有的我認識的人都終於完成了期末考試時那一天,但它也是我交換生朋友離開諾丁漢的前一天(或當天 L ) (心碎)。為了充分利用了這天...旅行計畫,即~將~展~開~! 作為一個專業的「最後一分鐘旅行計劃者」,我們在周五的晚上開始籌備,並將在一天後實施 :) 這次,我們的目的地是諾丁漢(更精確的說法是諾丁漢郡)有名景點的其中之一- 雪伍德森林,傳說中羅賓漢的藏身之處! 我們的「精確的」雪伍德森林一日遊近乎完美的實現了,只不過在它之上添加了很多意想不到的抓馬。XD 我們本來打算趕早上的公車(雪伍德箭頭),以確保我們有足夠的時間在目的地悠哉的亂晃/探索。可是我們之中的兩個交換生意識到他們需要在合同結束日期的那天早上就得把東西搬出房間。 O_O 於是我們決定捨棄早班公車,然後乾脆等到吃完早午餐之後再出發。好處是我們可以吃到宿舍提供的早午餐,肚子飽飽的開始我們的冒險。 朋友E跟M更因為可以看澳洲公開賽久一點而非常開心。 XD |
-----knowledge of the day :P----- What is Australian Open? 甚麼是「澳洲公開賽?」 -------------------------------------- |
During our usual chat with other friends, us with our charisma successfully invited two more people to join our crew. Yay for male members (total coincidence) – the gender ratio was slightly more balanced out. XD We were, again, fooled by the sun, and forgot about the fact that it snowed in Nottingham the night before. Our usual 40 minutes trip from Jubilee campus to the Victoria city center station became a challenge when the roads were covered in slushy snow. The uphill which I saw as a great exercise trail was then a complete pain. At a point, we were splashed by dirty melted snow water when a truck came passed the road. But we did not give up…! Well, one of my friends Farming declared that this is his first and last time traveling with us though. LOL *sad face*. Interesting enough, people started to become more positive when they knew they had no choice XD. It was fun watching them encouraging themselves. XD Nevertheless the weather WAS beautiful! | 在我們像平常一樣跟其他朋友聊天的同時,我們與我們的魅力成功邀請更多的人成為我們的夥伴。耶男性成員 (完全是巧合)- 性別比例算是稍微比較平衡一點了。 XD 我們再次被太陽愚弄而忘了前一天晚上諾丁漢下過雪的這件事。我們從Jubilee校園到維多利亞市中心的這40分鐘旅途因為泥濘的雪覆蓋著道路而變成了一大挑戰。本來我當作良好健身路徑的上坡路在當下只帶來無盡討厭的感覺。在一個時間點,我們甚至還因為過路的車而被融化的髒雪水濺了一身。 但我們並沒有放棄...! 不過,我的朋友F表示,這是他的第一次,也是最後一次跟我們一起旅行了。 LOL (哭哭)。有趣的是,當人們知道他們別無選擇的時候就會開始變得比較積極 XD看著他們自我激勵感覺超有趣(欸你)。 當天天氣真的很好就是了! |
As the clock ticks we were getting more and more nervous… because the bus that we wish to take comes only every 2 hours. Sherwood Arrow, the bus, is the only public transportation that can get us from Nottingham to Sherwood Forest in about an hour. The other buses (two, Y28) will take approximately 2 hours according to google map, and that will be a bit too long for a forest visit. If it comes down to us unfortunately missing the Sherwood Arrow, we were going to cancel the trip. Fortunately, despite our slow pace and late start, we still made it to the bus station 3 minutes before the scheduled bus time! Hooray!! Before the great relief of getting on the bus … one of our travel mates was nearly abandoned (lol sorry) because of his absence when the bus came. The dramatic moment when he got to the station! Good that we didn’t have to carry the sin of leaving someone behind : P ** Side note for future travel mates: If I ever go anywhere else while the group’s waiting for something and that something comes – no need to wait for me. It’s my own fault for not being there. I don’t want the group to sacrifice anything because of me. ** | 在時鐘的滴答聲中,我們也越來越緊張…因為我們希望搭的公車每2小時才一班。雪伍德箭公車,是唯一可以讓我們在大約一個小時就從諾丁漢到舍伍德森林的大眾運輸。根據google地圖,其他的公車(two,Y28)大概都需要約2小時才能帶我們到目的地,而對只是要去一個森林來說兩個小時真的有點太長。如果我們不幸地錯過了雪伍德箭,那我們就只好取消行程了。 幸運的是,儘管我們步履緩慢(兼蹣跚),起步又晚,我們還是在公車到站前3分鐘抵達!耶比! 但是在搭上公車完全鬆口氣之前......我們其中的一個旅行伴侶差點被我們放棄了(對不起),因為他在公車到站的時候因為某些原因不在現場。他好不容易趕上的那瞬間真是驚險刺激啊!又一個抓馬!還好,這樣我們就不必背負把一個人拋在身後的罪惡感了 :P *為未來的旅行夥伴們做個附註:如果在大家等著什麼的那個時候離開,而等待的東西到了 – 請不要等我。如果我沒趕上是我自己的錯,我不希望整個團體因為我而犧牲任何東西。 * |
Forget about the dramatic moments… after 1 hour bus ride and there we are there at Sherwood Forest, covered in snow – what a beautiful white world! We were like kids who have never seen the snow… a snow ball fight started almost as soon as we got off the bus. XD | 先把抓馬拋在腦後......一個小時的車程之後,我們到達了雪伍德森林–冰雪覆蓋的,美麗的白色世界! 我們就像從來沒有見過雪的孩子們一樣,幾乎在下車的同時就打起了雪仗。 XD |
One of the only things… alright, the only thing we know about Sherwood Forest was the Major Oak. So our first stop is set – Major Oak that is! The legendary tree was told to be the hideout of the famous Robin Hood. Other than the Major Oak, it didn’t seem like there was much happening in January though as most of the activities only happen during summer. Tbh, I was expecting a bit more Robin Hood related sites in the forest… Yet what’s better than just casually walking and chatting in the forest with friends? Another little drama happened near the end of the trip though… we got lost trying to find our way back to the visitor center for the LAST return bus lol. Still, we managed to get there about 5~10 minutes before the bus arrived ahaha. We are so amazing with our time. | 依據我們對雪伍德森林的了解...好吧,我們對雪伍德森林唯一的了解,就是它的「主橡樹」[註二]。因此,我們的第一站就決定是「主橡樹」了!傳說中,它就是著名的羅賓漢的藏身之處。但除此之外一月其實沒甚麼可以看的東西,誰叫大多數活動只發生在夏季呢…。 老實說我本來期待森林裡會有多一點羅賓漢相關的景點呢結果沒甚麼… [註二: Major Oak 找不到翻譯,可以是主橡樹,主要的橡樹…我有考慮過就用「大橡樹」,但Major在這裡隱隱約約感覺有比其他橡樹重要的感覺(?),所以就「主」吧!] 然而,還有什麼是比跟朋友隨性地在森林裡散步聊天更好的呢? 在旅途接近尾聲的時候又發生了一點小狀況...我們在回程準備搭當天最後一班公車的時候迷路了!經歷千辛萬苦最後還是好不容易回到了遊客中西。儘管如此,我們到那裡約5〜10分鐘之後公車就到了阿哈哈。我們的時間真是抓得如此驚人的準阿。 |
我的雪天使 (看不太到就是了...
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After checking off Sherwood Forest from our must-do list, we were off to another must-do: having hotpot in Nottingham! We went a bit too excited and picked almost everything on the menu… what a feast! Even though I felt really guilty about eating so much food, my stomach was so satisfied… mmm yum. *burp* ========================================= | 把雪伍德森林從我們的「必做清單」去掉後,我們立刻前往下一個目標在諾丁漢吃火鍋! 我們在點菜的時候有點過於激動然後勾選了菜單上幾乎所有的選項 XD …嗚阿好一場盛宴!吃了這麼多的食物雖然讓人有點內咎可是我的胃它很滿足......嗯好吃。(飽嗝) ==================================== |
Sunday Wollaton Hall This really is a weekend full of spontaneous adventures. According to my plan, I was supposed to research about my courses for next term and do some write-up for the winter break trip on Sunday… neither happened, at least not until later that day. I simply couldn’t refuse the invitation to go on a walk at Wollaton Park… especially when it’s from a certain lovely someone I know. ;P | 週日 沃爾頓莊園 這個週末真的是充滿突如其來的冒險。根據我週日原本的計劃,我應該要開始查下學期的課程表,並把寒假的旅行做點整理...但這些都沒有發生,至少一直到當天晚上之前都沒有。 我根本無法拒絕去沃爾頓莊園散步的這個邀請阿......尤其當這個邀請是來自某個我認識的可愛傢伙。 ; P |
Wollaton Hall, where Batman—The Dark Knight Rises was filmed! (Wayne's Manor) 沃爾頓莊園, 是蝙蝠俠 -《黑暗騎士:黎明昇起》的拍攝地點喔! (韋恩莊園) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-13679676 ----- |
It’s really a shame that I haven’t visited Wollaton Hall, since is only 15 minutes away from my residence hall! XD Wollaton Hall is one of the most famous Elizabethan mansions in the UK, located in the centre of Nottingham. Recently it has gone more famous than before because of the movie “Batman- The Dark Knight Rises”… this is Batman’s house = Wayne's Manor!! The park has a really long path toward the main mansion. It is surrounded by golf courts. My personal tour guide said the park might look nicer when with all the greenery during spring or summer, but I actually liked the quiet peaceful feeling of the bare trees… The pattern of the branches beautiful in a way that’s so simple yet so complicated …silently stretching out, accumulating the energy for its spring sprouts… The inside of Wollaton Hall is now used as a Natural History Museum, housing exhibitions of animals (specimen), minerals, history of the house…etc. It has a great collection of birds! | 其實我應該要為到現在都還沒有造訪過沃爾頓莊園這件事感到丟臉,畢竟他離我的宿舍只有15分鐘的路程阿 XD位於諾丁漢的中心沃爾頓莊園是英國內有名的伊麗莎白建築之一,最近因為電影 蝙蝠俠-《黑暗騎士:黎明昇起》而變得更有名了......這就是蝙蝠俠的房子 = 韋恩莊園喔! 公園通往主要的豪宅有個很~長~的步道。步道的周圍是高爾夫球場。我的個人旅遊嚮導說,在春季或夏季充滿綠意的時候公園可能看起來更美麗。但我其實很喜歡 枯樹帶來的安靜平和感...美麗的枝椏造就這麼簡單卻又這麼複雜的景致...靜謐的同時它們默默地伸展,積累為春天的萌芽的能量... 現在沃爾頓莊園的房屋內部是作為一個自然歷史博物館在使用,展覽了各式個樣的動物(標本),礦物,當然還有房子的歷史…等等。它的鳥類標本收集還蠻壯觀的! |
背景音樂:某人不停的「蝙蝠俠蝙蝠俠蝙蝠俠」嚷個不停 XDD
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Deer Park. <click me to know more :)> OH GOSH NOT JUST ONE OR TWO, but A HERD OF DEER! Funny how we spotted the stags and does separately. Do they … have to wait until spring to mingle together? Maybe this is a biological mechanism to make sure that no offspring is produced during the (supposedly) foodless winter time…?? (I am making random guesses as always, please ignore me) | 鹿園。想看介紹請點我 :) 對不起找到中文的... 哎呀,不只是看到一兩頭,而是一群鹿啊!有趣的是我們是分開發現公鹿跟牡鹿的。難道他們必須等到春天才能混在一起嗎?也許這是一種生物機制,以確保在(應該)比較缺糧冬天不會有小鹿出生??(就像平常一樣我在亂猜,請無視我) |
It was windy, cold, and a bit rainy (word of the day: sun shower!) – yet my hands were warm the whole time. So was my heart. :P We were going to walk to the lake but the wind was too strong… maybe next time. Time to get back to school work? … I guess not, because I am off to London this weekend! Oh dear me… | 這是風很大,很冷,又有點陰雨的日子(每日一字:太陽雨 sun shower),可是整天我的手都很溫暖。 心也暖呼呼的ㄏㄏ :P 本來我們打算要步行到湖邊,但風實在太大了...也許下一次吧。 所以現在應該是該回到課業上的時間了吧? ...我想不,因為我這個週末要去倫敦啊!呃阿…。 |