I want to write something about my New Year's trip.
This was the 3rd time for me to welcome the New Year since I moved to London from Japan in 2008. We were in London to see the fireworks along the Thames river for New Year in 2009, and in 2010 we spent it in my hometown of Ehime in Japan. After much thinking, we finally decided on a short trip called "escaping from London trip for New Year 2011!" In order to know more about real England (not London!), we planned to visit the World heritage site in Bath etc to get a breath of fresh air for 2011!! Aiko-san and Mami-san (from the 31st) also joined us for this trip.
★Day 1 (30th Dec.) at old Wiltshire cottage in Hilmarton near Swindon (1 hour from London by train)
We rented an old 17th century Wiltshire cottage as our base for this trip.
The ceiling was low, and both inside and outside of the cottage were so lovely like an old British dollhouse! In olden times, English people used to hang their mugs on the ceiling.
This cottage was the present owner's grandparents' house and we found out that her grandfather was an airforce officer from objects on the staircase wall.
We went to an Indian restaurant for dinner on the first night because all English pubs near our cottage were already closed before 9pm;;; After that, we slept like a log.
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