阿伯茨伯 – Abbotsbury

在赫尔辛基停留了三晚后，今天飞到了英国。在去伦敦之前，PJG租了一辆车，我们要去伦敦周边的地区，沿途经过他爸爸以前旅游过的地方和他妈妈的故居。因为安排的比较紧凑，每个地方只能做短暂的停留。

After staying three short nights in Helsinki, we flew to England today. Before going to London, PJG rented a car and we drove to the southwest part of England, specifically to retrace some of the locations his father had visited in 1949 as well as his mother’s former residence.

第一站是索尔兹伯里的大教堂。他爸爸在1949年的时候去过那里。

It was quite a packed itinerary staying a short time in each place. The first stop was the Cathedral in Salisbury. His father was there in 1949.

第二站的Abbotsbury是一个小村庄， 我没查出来中文名是什么。这里是James的妈妈Isabel的故居。Isabel大概5岁的时候家人搬迁到这里，因为她爸爸得到了一个村庄医生的职位。在Isabel 15 岁的时候，她爸爸去世了，她和姐姐妈妈搬出了这个村庄。

The second stop was Abbotsbury, a very small village … I did not find out what the Chinese name is. This is James’s mother Isabel’s former residence. Isabel was about 5 years old when his family moved there because her father became the village doctor.

这里真的是好美啊～～～ 是典型的英国南边的传统村，大片大片的绿油油的草原，点缀着很有特色的带有茅草屋顶的房子。据说这种屋顶的技术已经有300多年，历史上，这种屋顶在全欧洲境内都比较受欢迎，但是英国人热爱保留传统，所以茅草屋顶的房子现在在英国比其它欧洲国家更加常见些。这里美得感觉让人心胸开阔，感觉每看到一处都可以成为一个明信片或是一幅油画。

When Isabel was 15 years old, her father died, Isabel and her mother and sister moved out of the village. Here it is really beautiful …. a typical traditional southwest British south village, large tracts of green grassland, dotted with a very distinctive thatched house roofs. It is said that this type of roof has been around for more than 300 years, historically, the this type of roof is relatively popular throughout Europe, but the British love to retain the tradition, so the thatched roof is now more common in Britain than other European countries.

It’s a really beautiful place to be, and at every turn it feels like it could be a postcard or an oil painting.

以下四张照片是坐落在村庄教堂边的James姥爷的墓地，他曾是这个村庄里德高望重的医生。曾经经常带着Isabel去村里人家里看病。

The following four photos are from the graveyard at the village church of James’ Grandfather. He was a respected doctor in the village. Apparently he would often take Isabel on his rounds in the village homes for his doctor calls.

很有意境的一扇门 – Modest wall with half a face

从下飞机到在我们的Airbnb安顿下里，PJG开了7个多小时的车。今晚要好好休息，明天继续PJG的在英国追寻父亲脚步的旅行 😊

PJG drove for over 7 hours after getting off the plane to settling into our Airbnb. We will have a good rest tonight and tomorrow we will continue PJG’s trip to follow in the footsteps of his father in the UK 😊