Barcelona, Lisbon, Porto --- Food

Finally, I finished all the exams, assignments and essays, left the dissertation, but hand in September.

Easter holiday I went to Barcelona, Lisbon and Porto.
I have a lot of delicious food.

This Barcelona Fruit Market, the fresh juice is really good, If you got there in the morning, normally 1 cup of juice is 1€，and if got there in the late afternoon, you can found 2cups/1€.

Ok, when you arrived spain, you can't miss sea food

This one looks so weired, but! It's very very delicious.Cuttlefish, rice and something else.
Believe me, its very delicious, after you eat it, your tooth will be totally black.

This is the most famous one: Paella

Took a family photo, three kinds of dishes with Sangría

This is Sangría. Some one told me how to make this, the good sangria is made by many kinds of different wines, and add some sugar, fruits in it. So, that's why you can easily get drunk. 

This is a small restaurant in Fruit market, always a long queue and you need to wait.

Luckily, we found a table, and the guys who ate before us were very kind, they gave us their receipt and suggest us to order these foods. It's good, but the meat in small seashells are too small~

This is "pastel de Belém", a hundred years history shop made this, a bit more sweet, 90cent per each, you can served with coffee. 

This is in Porto, a small local restaurant close to a church. And I strongly suggest you to try the second soup, there is a slice of sausage.

 This one is not that impressive, just normal.

And this one is good! if served with rice is perfect, I like Porto rice, tastes like a kind of Chinese rice.

Too much oil, but the codfish is perfect ( I really don't know if there some other beautiful words I can describe this dish, if you know, please let me know. Sorry my poor English)

My friend ordered this, I tried the fish, its codfish, but boiled, the previous one is fried. And the vegetables were boiled.

Trip to Durdle Door

Finally finally this term finished, I have time to write something about my trips.

This time I will show you my trip to Durdle Door, It's amazing!!!

You can take a train to wool railway station, which located west of Bournemouth.

I bought ticket to Bournemouth , because Its much cheaper than direct to wool.

I like the style of this kind of train station, it's like Industrial Revolution period.

After the train, take a taxi to scenic spot which costs 14 pounds.

This area is very famous for the white cliff, what is that？

see wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Cliffs_of_Dover

This picture is white cliff. It's a kind of history book.

This picture took from a high point, not far away, there are white cliff.

And this one was took at the same place as previous one, just back sight of that point.

Two small coves, and the color of see is really beautiful, light blue to dark blue.

The black one is algae.

Ok, this is our destination! Durdle Door!!!

This sight is really beauty with that Door. You can also drive your own kayak through it.

Here is a website you can hire kayak: http://www.jurassic-kayaking.com/

I think it will be very interesting if you rowing along the white cliff.

Take a close look at it. If someone can fly though it in a acrobatic aircraft, that will be cool.

And we keep on walking to east, and arrived Lulworth cove.

Another beautiful place.

This is Lulworth Cove, there is a tiny village near this cove, I think most of them are fishers.

They have some lobster and crab on their doors.

Here list out some useful links, maybe can help you.

1. Website for lulworth, you can find many information about Durdle Door and White Cliff. and how to get there. http://www.lulworthonline.co.uk/page/beaches/

2. Website for kayak: http://www.jurassic-kayaking.com/

3. Wiki for Dorest, there are a lot of things to see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset

Future Trip

I've stay in a small town for nearly 2 month now, because of "Study" ^_^

And last time I traveled to Scotland like lake district, Loch Lomond, Loch Ness (with monster~), High land and Edinburgh and Glasgow.

This was really a good trip and I took a lot beautiful pictures.

I will publish them after I finish my assignment maybe during easter holiday.

and talk about my future trip now.

1. Tomorrow, London, a shot and quick trip to Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square, and if I still have time I will go to some where else.

2. 6th March, I'm really expecting this trip to Durdle Door. If weather is sunny that will be perfect.

( one assignment, an essay, 2 exams and one presentation these GOOD FRIENDS will help me to pass 14 days)

3. 20th March, if I'm lucky to get the Visa to Spain, I will spent 5days in Spain and 5days in Portugal.

4. I'm not decided yet. I think I will spent a whole day in Kew Garden, I like plan more than others.

5. summer vocation ^_^

OXFORD TRIP --- PLANT 4

Here comes the most interesting plant, they live by eating animals (not strictly speaking)~

This is Nepenthes Mirabilis(wiki)
I really want to put my fingure into it, try if the liquid has strong causticity, but I gave up.


You can see the name on the sign. (wiki)


I forgot it's name.


This is Drosera Capensis (wiki)

OXFORD TRIP --- PLANT 3

This plant is called Sempervivum Ciliosum.
From Bulgaria.
The next picture will show you the details of this small plant.


The white ones are new born baby plant. But I think some of them died, because they turned to brown color.


This one looks beautiful, but I forgot the name.


And this is Victoria Cruziana (wiki), the wiki said some of them can hold up to 70 pounds weight!!!

OXFORD TRIP --- PLANT 2

This is a lemon tree, it looks usual. But if u look at the next picture, you will be amazed.


Look!!! This is my hand and the lemon. It at least 15cm length.
This lemon tree grows in the first greenhouse which located at the entrance of this garden.


I don't know it's name, just take a shoot, because it's cute, to huge leaves with a small "stem"?


This plant named petrocosmea rosettifolia, comes from China.

OXFORD TRIP --- PLANT 1

Last time I went to Oxford botanic garden, as agronomy student graduate China Agricultural University, I like plant so much.

This greenhouse stand at the entrance of botanic garden. It's very small, and the plant seems not very well.
But there still some amazing plant.


This is the first time I saw such a big well decorated Christmas tree.


The shape of the greenhouses are strange. why they use this shape?


A beautiful corner in the garden.

Oxford Trip --- Harry Potter Dining Hall

Actually it is not as big as I thought, but I think the real sights are much more beautiful than the movie. Because there are tooooooo many travelers, I only took 3 pictures.

This is the whole sight of the dining hall.

These dinner sets are tidily put on the table. Why there are two kinds of spoons and forks for one people. Who can help me what are they used for? thanks a lot.

Yeah, our leading role coming----- the table~